In our world
Electric charges
Circuit basics
Parallel vs series
Sustainability
100
3 ways you have depended on electrical energy since you woke up this morning.
What is phone, alarm clock, toaster, etc. (Multiple answers possible).
100
Opposite charges _______________
What is attract?
100
The difference between a cell and a battery.
What is a battery is a connection of two or more cells?
100
The symbol for a closed switch in a circuit diagram.
What is:
100
Definition of a renewable energy source.
What is an energy source that is produced on a continual basis or can be replenished fairly quickly.
200
The 3 components of a generator system.
What is a turbine, a shaft, and a generator?
200
Like charges ____________
What is repel?
200
The definition of a source and an example.
What is anything that supplies electrical energy? Examples may include cells, batteries, electrical outlets, etc.
200
Ohm's law to find voltage.
What is V = I x R?
200
5 examples of an alternative energy source.
Answers will vary. Examples include solar, wind, tidal, river flow, geothermal, biomass, nuclear.
300
The main source of electrical energy in BC.
What is river flow?
300
The charges of electrons, protons, and neutrons.
What is negative, positive, and neutral?
300
A material through which charges cannot travel.
What is an insulator?
300
A circuit diagram of a series circuit with an open switch, 3 lamps, and a battery.
What is:
300
An example of a non-renewable energy source.
What are fossil fuels? (Coal, natural gas)
400
Electricity is neither created, nor destroyed, but is instead ______________ from one kind of energy into another kind of energy.
What is transformed, or converted?
400
Charging a material by rubbing is called __________ __________ _______________
What is charging by friction?
400
The definition of a load and two examples.
What is a device that hinders or resists the flow of current. For example, a lightbulb, a clock, a buzzer, etc.
400
The definition of a parallel circuit.
What is a circuit with at least two or more pathways for electrons to flow?
400
A description of an alternative energy source of your choice.
Answers will vary.
500
A description of solar energy.
What is energy carried by EM radiation given off by the sun?
500
True or false: Uncharged materials have an unequal number of positive and negative charges.
What is false? They have an equal amount of positive/negative charges.
500
Another word for voltage.
What is electrical potential difference?
500
In a circuit with 9V and 3A, find resistance.
What is 3 Ohms?
500
The device used to measure wind speed in a wind turbine.
What is an anemometer?