Circuits
What do electric circuits use to connect to each other?
Wires
What are the two types of current?
AC and DC
What is a invention that we use every day in almost every thing electrical
A battery.
Who came up with AC current?
What particles become charged in an atom?
Electrons.
Do circuits need to be open or closed to work?
They need to be closed.
What type of electrical current do we use today?
AC current.
What did Benjamin Franklin invent?
The lightning rod.
Who invented DC current?
Thomas Edison
Where does the power in our homes come from?
A power plant.
What are the two main types of electric circuits?
Parallel and series circuits
What law do we use to Voltage, Current, and Resistance?
Ohm's Law.
What did Thomas Edison get credited for inventing.
The lightbulb.
Who is one of the most famous scientists known for a lot of inventions?
Albert Einstein
What is a real world example of an electric discharge?
A lightning strike.
What do small circuits commonly use as a source of power?
A battery.
What is one type of enegy?
Chemical, electrical, kinetic, light, and nuclear.
What did Michael Faraday and Joseph Henry invent?
The generator.
Who is known as the "Father of Electricity"?
Michael Faraday
What do you call the energy in a battery?
Chemical energy.
What do thick wires and some materials produce?
Electrical Resistance.
What do you call the power that an electrical circuit produces?
Watts.
What did Willis Carrier invent?
Air conditioning.
Who is one of the most important people who came up with the Law we use today to tell us Voltage, Current, and Resistance?
Georg Simon Ohm.
Who came up with the name "Electricity"?
William Gillbert.