Electric Current
Magnets
Circuits
Vocabulary
100
The three parts of an atom and their charges.
What are 

protons = positive

electrons = negative

neutrons = neutral

100
Objects with the same charge _______ each other.

Objects with the opposite charge ______ each other.

What is repel?

What is attract?


100
When is a circuit considered closed or open?
It is closed when electricity will flow through and the motor will operate. It is open when the pathway is broken and electricity does not flow.
100
An object that sticks to iron.
What is magnet?
200
True or False: When objects are rubbed against each other, the atoms gain or lose an electron.
What is true?
200
The substance a magnet is attracted to.
What is iron?
200
A representation of a circuit that is used for recording and communicating with other

(hint: you drew this in your lab book)

What is a schematic diagram?
200
Define switch.
What is a part of a circuit, to control the flow of electricity?
300
An atom with more protons than electrons has a ______ charge.
What is positive?
300
If a magnet is not repelling, it is _____________.
What is attracting?
300
Name 3 parts of a light bulb.
What are glass, gas, lead, filament, base?
300
A push or pull.
What is force?
400
The difference between a conductor and insulator.
What is a conductor allows electricity to flow through while an insulator does not allow electricity to flow through.
400

Metal object that acts as a magnet when an electric current moves through it

~ electromagnet

~ friction

~ conductor

~ insulator

What is conductor?
400
You can't see electricity. How do you know when it is flowing in a bulb circuit?
When the light shines.
400
Electric companies measure the amount of electrical energy you use in ____________.
What is kilowatt-hours?
500
Number these in order from 1-5:


a. Electrons leave the light bulb and move into the positive end of the right battery.

b. Electrons leave the negative end of the left battery.

c. Electrons travel through the right battery, out the negative end, and into the positive end of the left battery.

d. Electrons move through the wire.

e. Electrons enter the light bulb and move through a very tiny wire inside the bulb. This wire gets so hot that it glows brightly.




What is


a = 4

b = 1

c = 5

d= 2

e = 3


500
Name two ways that electricity and magnetism are related.
What are 2 opposite poles attract and 2 opposite charges attract.


Like poles repel, like charges repel

Magnetism can make electricity, electricity can make magnetism.

500
Draw a schematic diagram  with a battery, wire, motor and switch using the given symbols. 
Check drawing.
500
What does GFCI outlet stand for?
What is Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter Outlet?
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