It's Electric
A material that does not allow electricity to flow through it.
An Insulator
Has multiple paths for the electricity to travel.
Parallel Circuit
Any material that has the ability to attract iron
Magnet
The brain of the computer that processes information
CPU
Who is the best science teacher of all time?
It's me, duh!
What happens when electricity takes an unexpected path?
A short circuit occurs
A liquid or paste substance that conducts electricity
Electrolyte
Uses a magnet to convert motion into electrical energy
Generator
An electric current that carries information
Electrical Signal
Who believed that lightning was a form of static electricity? (N.O.T.)
Benjamin Franklin
_____ occurs when electrical charges build up on the surface of an object.
Static Electricity
The measurement of the amount of electrical push, or force, in a circuit.
Volt
Magnetic force is strongest at what part of a magnet.
The poles
A material that can work as a conductor or as an insulator.
Semiconductor
Discovered that current traveling through a wire produces a weak magnetic field in the live wire.
Hans Christian Oersted
A material that reduces the flow of electricity.
A Resistor
The unit used to measure how much current flows through a given part of a circuit in one second.
Ampere
A coil of wire with a core attached to an electrical source.
Electromagnet
built-in memory programs, sets of instructions that tell the computer what to do.
ROM
Discovered that adding a metal core to a coil of wire increased the magnetism.
William Sturgeon
A conductor that can be moved to either bridge or not bridge the gap in a circuit.
A Switch
A circuit that signals information by opening and closing electrical circuits in a sequence.
Intergrated
The area of magnetic force around the a magnet is called ______.
Magnetic Field
What is the main difference between electronic devises and electrical devises?
Electronic devices can communicate information
Discovered that moving a magnet around or through a loop of wire produces electricity in a wire.
Joseph Henry / Michael Faraday