Electricity & Current
Circuits
Static Electricity
Parts of a Circuit
Historical Contributors
100
Electricity is created when __________ jump from one atom to another atom.
What is electrons?
100
A circuit that has a break and no current.
What is an open circuit?
100
rubbing two objects together creates _________ electricity.
What is static?
100
An example is cloth, plastic, and rubber
What is insulators?
100
conducted a famous experiment where he flew a kite in a storm.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
200
A continuous flow of electrons.
What is electric current?
200
A circuit that has only one pathway for electricity to flow.
What is a series circuit?
200
Static electricity is created by ______. (it is a type of force)
What is friction?
200
An example is pedaling, solar panels, or batteries
What is energy source?
200
Thomas Edison invented the _______ that lights our houses today.
What is light bulb?
300
A property of some parts of matter, can be positive or negative
What is an electric charge?
300
A circuit that allows the movement of electrical energy.
What is a closed circuit?
300
When two balloons are rubbed with cloths and then held by a string close to each other, what will happen and why?
The balloons will repel each other because they both have similar charges.
300
An example is wire, pencil lead (graphite), or a nail
What is a conductor?
300
Benjamin Franklin experimented with a kite to determine that ____________ is electricity.
What is lightning?
400
Electric current follows the wrong path
What is a short circuit?
400
A circuit that has more than one pathway for electricity to flow.
What is a parallel circuit?
400
The release of static electricity in the atmosphere is called ______________.
What is lightning?
400
Slow down the electric current and don't let it pass through easily. Changes electrical energy to heat, light or other forms of energy.
What is resistors?
400
The inventor of the first power plant?
Who is Thomas Edison?
500
Has a metal strip that melts to prevent damage from too much electrical current.
What is a fuse?
500
If a bulb was removed from this type of circuit, the other bulbs in the circuit would glow brighter.
What is a parallel circuit?
500
Release of static electricity is often in the form of a _______ when you rub your feet across the ground and then touch something.
What is a spark?
500
Completes or interrupts the loop of the circuit to allow or stop the current from flowing.
What is a switch?
500
This contributor determined that electricity can be made by moving a magnet in a coiled wire.
Who is Michael Faraday?
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