Electricity is created when __________ jump from one atom to another atom.
electrons
A circuit that has a break and no current.
What is an open circuit
What scientist/inventor conducted a famous experiment where he flew a kite in a storm.
A. Isacc Newton
B. Bill Nye
C. Benjamin Franklin
Who is C.
Benjamin Franklin
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
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
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
Lightning is ___________ from the atmosphere as a result of static electricity.
A. discharge
B. upcharge
What is a.
discharge
The area on the magnet that the magnetic field is the greatest.
The poles
Electricity can be stored in 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
Discharge is often in the form of a _______ when you rub your feet across the ground and then touch something.
What is a spark?
It took many times for Thomas Edison to create a working light bulb. How many times did he fail before he succeed?
A. about 10 attempts
B. Took him more than 1,000 attempts
C. He invented it on his first try
B. Took him more than 1,000 attempts before he succeeded!