Electricity and conductors
General Vocabulary
Circuit components
Symbols
Just for fun
100

Materials that do not let electric currents flow through them are:_________

insulators

100

I am a form of energy that lets negatively charged particles move from one atom to another.

I am electricity!

100

What is the conductive component of a circuit called?

A wire

100

What does this symbol represent?

A two-way switch

100

In this circuit, if one lightbulb burns out, the others will not:

Parallel circuits

200

Name 2 types of conductors and 2 types of insulators.

conductors: gold, silver, aluminium, copper

insulators: wood, plastic, cardboard, etc

200

Define an electric circuit

A series of interconnected components that an electric current flows though to produce an effect (like light, heat, sound, or motion)

200

Name 2 types of power sources

 Batteries, Cells

200

What do these symbols represent?

A cell and a battery

200

You and another group must both create a 30 second skit about being electrocuted. The teachers will choose the best skit and award them with points.

yay!

300

Name three types of energy that electrical energy can be transformed into:

Light, heat, sound, motion.

300

__________ receives electrical energy, while _________ regulates the circuit.

load devices; control devices


300

Name the 4 main components of an electric circuit

Power sources, conductors, load devices, control devices

300

Draw this circuit using symbols from the textbook.

300

Create a circuit with your bodies. It must have a battery, a load device, a control device, and conductors and each component must make a unique sound once the circuit is turned on.

yay!

400

Name three particles that make up an atom AND their charge.

electrons (negative), protons (positive), neutrons (neutral)

400

Name this load device: I convert electrical energy to kinetic energy

Motor.

400

What load device converts electrical energy to light energy & what load device converts electrical energy to heat energy

Lamp, resistor

400

Draw a series circuit and a parallel circuit

400

Write a rhyming haiku (5-7-5 syllables) about electricity.

yay!

500

What is the name for “the flow of electrons from one atom to another inside a conductive material.”

Electric current 

500

Name the two types of Push Switches.

Normally open and normally closed switches

500

Name 3 types of load devices

Motors, lamps, buzzers, resistors

500
Draw a parallel circuit with a short circuit. 

P.142 of textbook

500

Create a short song about electricity, and sing it with your entire group. It must be as long as the chorus in a regular song.

yay!

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