Atoms
Magnetism
Units of Electricity
Generating Electricity
Lightning Bolt
100
These particles have a neutral charge
What is neutron
100
Every magnet has these two poles.
What is north pole and south pole
100
This unit represents the # of electrons moving within a conductor.
What is the amperage. (amps)
100
This is an example of a good conductor.
What is copper, gold, silver, aluminum. (Most metals)
100
If an atom has more protons than electrons, it is said to have this charge.
What is a positive charge?
200
These particles have a positive charge
What is a Proton
200
According to Coulomb's Law, these charges repel one another.
What are "like" charges?
200
This measure represents the total amount of electricity used.
What is Watts, or Kilo-Watts.
200
This is an example of a good insulator.
What are rubber, cotton, plastic, glass, air, and wood.
200
If an atom has more electrons than protons, it is said to have this charge.
What is a negative charge?
300
These particles move incredibly fast and have a negative charge
What is an electron.
300
According to Coulomb's Law, these charges attract to one another.
What are opposite charges?
300
This measure represents the total "pressure" of electricity.
What is Voltage (Volts)
300
In order to generate electricity, most generators have this type of material moving in relation to copper wires.
What is a magnet?
300
Electricity, put simply, is the movement of these.
What are electrons?
400
This material allows electrons to flow freely from atom to atom.
What is a conductor?
400
This can cause an other wise non magnetic material to become magnetized.
What is Electricity?
400
This is the mathematical formula for Watts
What is amps x Volts=Watts
400
The portion of a motor, or generator, that rotates, and is connected to the turbine.
What is the rotor?
400
This phenomenon explains how a motor, when an electrical current is passing through, can spin when placed near a magnet.
What is magnetism and Coulomb's law of attraction.
500
This material does not allow electrons to move freely about.
What is a insulator.
500
When an object is magnetized, this is what happens on an atomic level.
What are the electrons lined up in single direction.
500
If a light bulb is pulling 2 amps from 120 Volts, what is the wattage of the bulb?
What is 240 Watts.
500
In order to increase amperage, these techniques can be used to generate more power within a generator.
What are adding more magnets, adding more powerful magnets, moving the magnets closer to the wire, and spinning the rotor more quickly?
500
These are 3 ways that power companies apply mechanical motion to a turbine to generate electricity.
What are hydroelectric, wind, and steam power?
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