It travels through Circuits
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100
This is the path that an electric current follows.
What is a circuit?
100
These are the three elements that can be turned into permanent magnets or are attracted to permanent magnets.
What is Iron, Nickle, and Cobalt?
100
This is the most common fossil fuel used to generate electricity, however it pollutes the air with black soot and carbon dioxide.
What is coal?
100
This may happen if you create a short circuit.
What is it can start an electrical fire?
100
This is the term for the flow of electrons.
What is electricity?
100
He flew the kite into a storm and discovered that lighting was a form of electricity?
Who is Ben Franklin?
200
These are the two types of circuits.
What are parallel and series circuits?
200
This will happen if you put a north pole of one magnet near a south pole of another magnet.
What is attraction or they will attract?
200
This type of energy comes from the sun and can be converted into electricity.
What is Solar energy?
200
This is how you can stop electrical current from flowing through a circuit.
What is creating a gap in the circuit or turning off a switch/power?
200
These are the terms for the devices that are used to measure the voltage and amperage.
What is a voltmeter and an ammeter?
200
This Italian scientist invented the first battery.
Who is Volta?
300
This type of circuit has a complete path for electricity to flow.
What is a closed circuit?
300
This is the force that causes a compass needle to point north.
What is the Earth's magnetic field?
300
In order to generate electricity, a copper coil needs to spin around in close proximity to a couple of these.
What are magnets?
300
This is what may happen if you don't handle electricity right.
What is "you get a big ZAP"?
300
This is the type of circuit that provides a single path for electricity to flow and turns on multiple appliances at the same time with one switch (just like the circuit in this room)
What is a series circuit?
300
These two scientists got into a battle over which type of current could provide the best electricity for household across the country?
Who are Tesla and Edison?
400
This is the symbol used to represent a ______ in a circuit.
What is the symbol used to represent and battery in a circuit?
400
This is the type of electricity that is produced by a battery.
What is direct current?
400
This is the term for the process of using water to generate electricity.
What is hydroelectric power?
400
If you create a circuit with a battery and wires but no appliances to run, you may start a fire because you accidentally created one of these.
What is a short circuit?
400
By putting a copper coil in close proximity to a magnet and then running electrical current through the copper coil, we get a ___________.
What is an electric motor?
400
According to legend, this shepherd discovered the first magnets?
Who is shepherd Magnus?
500
This is the term for the measure of how difficult it is for electricity to flow through a material.
What is electrical resistance?
500
If you coil a wire around an iron nail and run an electric current through the wire the nail will become this.
What is an electro-magnet?
500
This type of energy comes from the movement of air and can be used to generate electricity.
What is wind power?
500
What is the name of a material that electricity does not pass through easily?
What is an insulator?
500
This is the term for the device that is used on high voltage lines to reduce the voltage before entering a house.
What is a transformer?
500
He invented a generator that could create alternating current.
Who is Nikola Tesla?