Vocabulary
What is a conductor?
This is a material that allows electricity to easily flow through it.
What is an open circuit?
This is an opening in the circuit, and electricity cannot flow.
What is a magnetic field?
This is the area around a magnet in which there is a magnetic force.
What is a natural example of static electricity?
Lightning
What invented the light bulb?
Thomas Edison
What is an insulator?
This is a material that does not allow electricity to flow easily through it.
What is a closed circuit?
This is a circuit that has NO opening and it allows electricity to flow.
How could I create an electromagnet?
By using a copper wire, a AA battery, and a nail.
What can cause an object to become electrically charged in static electricity?
Friction
Protons have what kind of charge?
Possitive
What is a circuit?
An electrical circuit includes a device that gives energy to the charged particles constituting the current, such as a battery or generator.
What does a simple circuit consist of?
A bulb, battery, and wire.
If I want two magnets to stick to each other, what must I look for or have?
One magnet that is positively charged, and one that is negatively charged. OPPOSITES ATTRACT!
Why is it that the particles are attracted to each other after creating friction between two objects?
The particles have to be balanced.
Electrons have what kind of charge?
Negative
What is static electricity?
This is the transfer of negatively charged particles between materials.
If you remove a bulb from a parallel circuit, what will happen?
The other light bulb will still stay on.
Why wouldn't two magnets be attracted?
The particles are the same and cannot attract to each other.
What materials did Mrs. Wiese use to create an open/closed circuit?
Albumin foil, a battery, and Christmas lights.
Neutrons have what kind of charge?
Neutral