Electricity
All matter is made up of one of these
atoms
Electrical energy that stays in one place
static
British scientist who discovered that if an electrical conductor, like a copper wire, is moved through a magnetic field, electric current will flow in the conductor.
Michael Faraday
What turns electricity "on" or "off?"
switch
Material that does not let electricity pass through it is:
Insulator
The charge an electron has spinning around a nucleus
negative
What kind of energy is used when you are spinning windmill blades to turn a turbine to create electricity?
Wind energy
American scientist that used a kite to demonstrate static electricity
Benjamin Franklin
Is salt water a conductor, insulator or generator?
What shape of prism does not bend light - square, triangle, circle or pyramid?
Square
The part of the nucleus with neither a positive nor a negative charge
neutron
Is hydro-electrical energy renewable or non-renewable?
Renewable
Scientist responsible for the invention and a new way of producing light.
Thomas Edison
The angle of incidence is equal to the angle of:
Reflection
Light is usually scattered by what?
Gas particles
Electricity is a form of energy from charged what?
particles
Source of energy that uses coal, oil and natural gas.
Fossil fuel energy
Italian Physicist who invented the first battery
Alessandro Volta
Is glass an insulator, conductor or generator?
Insulator
Solve for the unknown measurement. I=?, A, R=200 ohms, & V=350 V.
1.75A
Being careless with electricity can cause this!
Shock
Nuclear energy is fueled by tiny atomic particles of what?
Uranium
Who used a carbon filament and connected it to contact wires to make a light bulb?
Thomas Edison
What can be stored in a battery?
Electrical energy
Solve for the unknown measurement. I = 20 A, R =?, v = 112V
5.6 ohms