Vocabulary
Circuits
Conductors/Insulators
Static Electricity
Mixed Bag
100

What is electricity?

What is moving electrons?

100
the type of circuit that when 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 build up of electrons in one place 

What is static electricity? 

100
the type of circuit found in most homes
What is a parallel circuit?
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

Scientist learned about static electricity by observing what event in nature? 

What is a lightening storm?

200

This is placed in houses as a safety precaution for over heating the wires. 

What is a fuse/breaker? 

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

What type of material is usually used as a conductor? 

What is a wire?

300

This causes the electrons to move from one object to another in static electricity.

What is friction?

300

electrons move through a battery from the ___________ terminal to the ___________ terminal

What is negative to positive?

400
when a conductor blocks the movement of electrons
What is resistance?
400
wiring in which there is more than one path for the electrons to follow
What is a parallel circuit?
400

Rubber, plastic, and wood are all examples of 

What is a insulator?

400

If an object is left with more electrons than protons, it becomes this charge. 

What is negatively charged? 

400
a device used to start and stop the flow of electricity
What is a switch?
500
a material through which electrons will flow
What is a conductor?
500
When electrons pass from one wire to another, taking an easier route and heating the wires
What is a short circuit?
500

Is salt water a conductor or an insulator? 

What is a conductor? 

500

Once a object is positively charged, it repels this type of charge. 

What is a positive charge? 

500

What are the three main parts of a circuit

What is power source, conductor, resistor? 

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