Electricity & Current
Electricity is created when __________ jump from one atom to another atom.
What is electrons?
A circuit that has a break and no current.
What is an open circuit?
the pathway through which electrical current
What is electrical circuit
A magnet would not be attracted to ________. (conductors or insulators)
What is insulators?
what is Ms. Jackson's dogs name?
Who is Paisley Jackson?
A continuous flow of electrons.
What is electric current?
A circuit that has only one pathway for electricity to flow.
What is a series circuit?
material that slows or stops electric current from flowing
(Plastic coating)
What is insulator?
If the north pole of a magnet were close to the south pole of another magnet, the magnets would ________ each other.
What is attract?
Thomas Edison invented the _______ that lights our houses today.
What is light bulb?
A material that does not allow electricity to flow through it. An example would be a rubber eraser.
What is an insulator?
A circuit that allows the movement of electrical energy.
What is a closed circuit?
material that allows electric current or heat energy to flow through easily
Conductor
A temporary magnet that is created by an electric current with the wire wrapped around a nail.
What is an electromagnet?
Benjamin Franklin experimented with a kite to determine that ____________ is electricity.
What is lightning?
A material that allows electricity to flow through it. An example would be a nail.
What is a conductor?
A circuit that has more than one pathway for electricity to flow.
What is a parallel circuit?
a flow of electricity through a conductor
What is electrical current ?
The area on the magnet that the magnetic field is the greatest.
What is poles?
The inventor of the light bulb and the first power plant?
Who is Thomas Edison?
What can be a source for electricity ____________.
What is a battery?
If a bulb was removed from this type of circuit, the other bulbs in the circuit would glow brighter.
What is a parallel circuit?
to move or travel smooth in a certain direction
What is a flow?
If two magnet's north poles were placed beside each other, they would _________ each other.
What is repel?
conducted a famous experiment where he flew a kite in a storm.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?