Circuits
A path where an electric current can flow.
What is a circuit?
This type of material does not allow electricity to flow easily through it.
What is an insulator?
This happens to an electromagnet when the circuit becomes open.
What is it loses its magnetic properties?
This type of heat movement happens mostly in solids.
What is conduction?
This is what we call the battery in a circuit.
What is the power source?
This happens when a switch is flipped and a light goes on.
What is a closed circuit?
This type of material allows electricity to easily pass through it.
What is a conductor?
The measure of the amount of electric current or the amount of electricity used.
What is an amp?
This type of heat movement can happen through empty space.
What is radiation?
This is what we call the device that uses the energy in the circuit.
What is the load?
This kind of circuit has only one path for electricity to flow.
What is a series circuit?
Cloth, wood, and rubber are all examples of these.
What are insulators?
This is the measure of how much work electricity can do per second.
What is a watt?
This type of heat movement happens in liquids and gases.
What is convection?
A device that converts (changes) mechanical energy into electrical energy.
What is a generator?
This kind of circuit has more than one path for electricity to flow.
What is a parallel circuit?
A magnet, an iron nail, a copper penny, and a paper clip are all examples of these?
What are conductors?
The type of metal that is most often used to conduct electricity.
What is silver?
The way heat moves.
What is hot to cold?
A device that converts electrical energy into mechanical energy.
What is a motor?
This happens when a short circuit occurs.
What is a break in the circuit and the electricity stops flowing?
The best conductor.
What is silver?
This is a measure of the force or pressure of an electric current
What is a volt?
A metal spoon resting on a hot pan also gets hot.
What is conduction?
This device can be used to slow down the flow of electrical energy.
What is a resistor?