Power Source
This device opens and closes an electric circuit
What is a switch?
What materials do not conduct electricity and therefore make good insulators?
What is Wood and Plastic
What are two other types of circuits besides a simple circuit?
What are series and parallel?
A steady flow of electricity
What is a current?
Where is Electricity generated?
What is a Power Plant?
Does the circuit need to be open or closed for electrons to flow?
What is closed?
Any material that electricity can easily flow through (vocabulary word)
What is a conductor?
This circuit can light two or more bulbs in sequence
What is a series circuit?
A path that a current can flow on
What is a circuit?
Electricity travels to your house through a special system called what?
What is a Power Grid?
The circuit is open when the switch is in this position
What is the "off" position?
The electrical ________ in your house provide about 120 volts, while most batteries are 1.5 volts
What is a Socket?
This circuit can take different routes to light a bulb
What is a parallel circuit?
A combination of different items that conduct electricity, set up in such a way that a current of electricity is generated
What is a load?
When using a battery as the power source, what side do the electrons come from?
What is the negative side?
The circuit is closed when the switch is in this position
What is the "on" position?
A combination of different items that conduct electricity, set up in such a way that a current of electricity is generated
What is a Battery
This circuit will not light up the other bulbs if one is out of place or goes out
What is a series circuit?
Relationship between current (I), voltage (V), and resistance (R): V=IR
What is Ohm's Law?
Any device which slows down the flow of electricity through a circuit.
What is a Resistor?
True or False: Electricity prefers to flow through the shortest path, so if the two wires in a cord touch each other, it will cause a short circuit, and the electricity will not reach the light bulb.
What is True?
True or False: Electricity produced by anything with a motor usually produces direct current, while batteries create an alternating current.
What is a False?
Electricity flows out of the _______ side of a battery, through the circuit, and into the ________ side
What is Negative and Positive?
Small gadget inside many electrical devices which stores static electricity to be discharged when needed
What is a Capacitor?