Static Electricity
Current Electricity
Batteries
Circuits
Electronics
100
A natural electrostatic discharge that occurs because of a difference in charge between a cloud and the ground.
What is lightning?
100
The rate at which electrons flow through a wire in a given period.
What is amperage?
100
A solid or liquid solution that contains ions from chemical reactions occurring at the electrodes in a battery.
What is a electrolyte?
100
The part of the electric pathway in an electric circuit that uses current such as a bulb or motor.
What is a load?
100
A series of 1s and 0s.
What is binary code?
200
The sudden release of static electricity between two differently charged objects.
What is an electrostatic discharge?
200
The unit for measuring the flow of electric current.
What is ampere?
200
A device that turns chemical energy into electrical energy. The working part of the battery.
What is an electrolytic cell?
200
A device that limits the amount of electrical current flowing through a circuit.
What is a fuse?
200
Explain what microchips are like.
What is chips of silicon that have very small wired engravings on them.
300
Give at least two examples of static electricity.
Examples:(Lightning striking, when you touch a doorknob and it shocks you, when you go down a slide and you shock yourself).
300
Batteries use _______ current, whereas outlets use _______ current.
What is 1. direct current 2. alternating current
300
All electrolytic cells use ______ _______ to produce electrical energy
What is chemical changes?
300
Three main parts to a circuit.
What is a load, a power source, and a conductor?
300
Name three things that use a diode.
What are radios, TVs, phones, and computers?
400
You touch a Van de Graaff Generator and your hair stands on end. How?
What is making the strands of hair on your head have the same positive charge and make them repel from each other?
400
Name at least five major conductors.
What is silver, copper, gold, iron, mercury, carbon, and tap water?
400
This kind of battery cell is usually used for smaller items like flashlights because it takes up less space.
What is a dry cell?
400
Explain why lights get more dim the more lights you add on to a series circuit.
What is the resistance goes up and the power is reduced to share it with all the bulbs?
400
A semiconductor device with two electrodes that only lets current flow in one direction.
What is a diode?
500
How do electrons become no longer neutral?
What is jumping from one material to another?
500
Tap water is a conductor because...
What is salt and minerals in the water that are conductors?
500
Name two reasons why it is not good to throw away batteries.
What is because they pollute the air and cause landfill fires?
500
List three ways to be safe around electrical appliances.
What is don't play with electrical wires or outlets, don't play around electrical wires, don't climb telephone poles?
500
Explain how a transistor works.
what is it makes energy go or stop in the wire, like a switch or button.
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