Vocabulary
Circuits
Conductors/Insulators
Currents
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type of energy produced by the movement of electrons
What is Electricity?
100
This type of circuit in which if one bulb goes out, all the other bulbs in the circuit go out too
What is a series circuit?
100
a material that allows electrons to move through it
What is a conductor?
100
The flow of electrons through a material
What is electric current?
100
This power uses steam from groundwater to operate a turbine
What is geothermal power?
100
This is how fast electricity travels (miles per second)
What is the speed of light (186,000 miles per second)?
200
the path which electrons follow
What is a circuit?
200
a circuit in which electrons have only one path to follow
What is a series circuit?
200
a material that does not allow electricity to move through it
What is an insulator?
200
This type of electricity sees the electrons flow in one direction; this type of current is usually produced by batteries
What is dc or direct current?
200
the unit of measure of electrical current (the push behind an electric current)
What is a volt?
200
Most electrical circuits also have a third wire called this; it prevents shock in case the other wires fail, a short occurs, or excess charge builds up; it is attached to metal rods driven into the ground several feet.
What is ground wire?
300
a device that breaks a circuit
What is a fuse?
300
A type of circuit in which the electrons create too much heat (maybe even fire) when they don't go through a bulb or other device
What is a short circuit?
300
These are types of this.
What are insulators?
300
The controlled movement of electrons through a closed circuit
What is CURRENT ELECTRICITY?
300
type of electricity that occurs once two people touch after they have walked across carpeting
What is static electricity?
300
According to your lesson on Basic Electricity, most of the electricity in the United States is produced in turbines driven by this
What is steam?
400
any material that prevents or reduces the passage of electricity
What is insulator?
400
wiring in which there is more than one path for the electrons to follow
What is a parallel circuit?
400
Copper is a good...
What is a conductor?
400
This type of electricity occurs when the direction of the current is reversed many times each second.
What is alternating current?
400
a device used to start and stop the flow of electricity
What is a switch?
400
Two types of current electricity
What are alternating and direct?
400
To help prevent electrocution, this should be used in any area where water and electricity may come in contact.
What is ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI)
500
a material through which electrons will flow
What is a conductor?
500
This circuit will not light up the other bulbs if one is out of place or goes out
What is a series circuit?
500
anything made of metal
What is a good conductor of electricity?
500
The unit of electric current.
What is Amp(ere)?
500
If a student enters a classroom and turns on the light, then this occurs to the circuit.
What is closing the circuit?
500
The most famous hydropower facility is this
What is Hoover Dam?
500
The breed of dog in Milo & Otis
What is Pug?
600
This subatomic particle flows easily in a circuit.
What is electron?
600
If a bulb was removed from this type of circuit, the other bulbs in the circuit would glow brighter.
What is a parallel circuit?
600
A penny is a good _______________ .
What is conductor?
600
The two forms of electricity.
What are static and current?
600
Lightning is an example of this 
type of electricity
What is static electricity?
600
AC electricity comes from this
What are power lines?
600
The river associated with the largest Hydropwer facility in the U.S.
What is the Colorado River?
700
when a conductor blocks the movement of electrons
What is resistance?
700
The number of loads does not change the voltage drop across each of the loads in this type of circuit
What is a PARALLEL CIRCUIT? Notice from the above that there is more than one path:
PATH 1: A-B-C-D-E-F and back to A.
PATH 2: A-B-C-G-H-D-E-F and back to A.
700
the type of circuit found in most homes
What is a parallel circuit?
700
When the balance of protons and electrons is changed by an outside force, an atom may gain or lose an electrical charge, which is referred to this.
What is electricity?
700
Only 3% of the electricity generated in 2001 used this as its source of energy.
What is petroleum?
