Energy
Electrical Generation
Static or Current Electricity
Circuits
Laws
100
The energy that is stored in an object
What is potential energy
100
Fossil fuels are an example of this type of energy source
What is nonrenewable energy
100
The insulator that lines our wires
What is rubber
100
The device that measures voltage
What is a voltmeter
100
The variable in the Ohm's/Watt's law equation for current
What is I
200
This is the energy of motion
What is kinetic energy
200
This renewable source uses flowing water to spin turbines
What is hydropower
200
Objects with the same charge do this
What is repel
200
This type of circuit has only one path for current
What is a series circuit
200
The resistance of a load that has 4.0 A of current and a voltage of 8.0 V
What is 2 Ω
300
The type of energy when you begin to eat an apple
What is mechanical energy
300
This type of power plant uses splitting atoms to generate electricity
What is a nuclear power plant
300
Rubbing together a balloon and fur after some time will lead to this observation
What is fur lifting/attracting to the balloon
300
In this type of circuit, if one component fails, the others continue to work
What is a parallel circuit
300
The power of a device with a current of 2 A and a voltage of 10 V
What is 20 W
400
This type of energy is stored in bonds of atoms and molecules, and often released when heated.
What is chemical energy
400
Wind turbines do NOT directly create electricity. Instead, they first convert wind energy into this form
What is mechanical energy
400
The three basic components of a simple circuit
What are a power source, load, and conductor
400
This symbol in a circuit
What is a bell
400
Considering Ohm's Law, this variable always stays the same in a parallel circuit
What is voltage (VT = V1 = V2 = V3 …)
500
A candle burning converts chemical energy into these two main forms of energy
What are thermal energy and radiant energy
500
Burning biomass is considered renewable, but it still has this major environmental drawback
What is the production of greenhouse gases (CO2)
500
The main difference between static and current electricity
What is that static electricity gathers in one location and current electricity moves from one place to another
500
The two factors in a cable can increase resistance
What are the length of the cable and area of a cable (narrow)
500
A series circuit with three light bulbs has a current of 4 A. The total voltage is 12 V and total resistance is 3 Ω. What is the current of the first light bulb?
What is 4 A.