Vocabulary / Terms
Circuits / Schematics
Electrical Components
Ohm's Law / Triangle
Miscellaneous
100
A flow of electrons around a circuit.
What is electricity?
100
If the line in this type of circuit is broken / open, then the electrons cannot flow.
What is a series circuit?
100
A battery is an example of this type of electrical term.
What is a source?
100
A description of where the three letters are arranged in Ohm's Triangle.
What is V on the top, I or A on the bottom left, and R on the bottom right.
100
Solar, Wind, Hydroelectric, Geothermal, BioMass in terms of type of energy sources
What are examples of renewable energy sources?
200
The difference between energy and power.
What is energy is the ability to do work and power is the rate of doing work?
200
What are the schematic symbols for switch and battery?
200
Copper wire is the most common example of this type of electrical term.
What is an example a line?
200
The equation for finding voltage in a circuit.
V = I x R
200
Oil, Coal, Natural Gas, Fossil Fuel, Nuclear Energy in terms of type of energy sources
What are examples of non-renewable energy sources?
300
The definition of voltage.
What is the electrical pressure that causes electrons to flow in a circuit?
300
What are the schematic symbols for light bulb, LED, and motor?
300
A speaker/headphones are examples of this electrical term.
What is an electrical load?
300
The amount of voltage necessary to power a series circuit with 10 ohms and 5 Amps.
What is 50 Volts?
300
Three examples of conductors and three examples of insulators.
Answers will vary, but must be in the form of a question.
400
The definitions of current and resistance.
What are current is the movement of electrons and resistance is the opposition to current flow?
400
A reason for a short circuit, which causes a fire at the power source.
What is the fact that there is too much voltage/current compared to resistance in the circuit?
400
Five electrical components that can be found in an electrical circuit.
Answers may vary, but need to be in form of a question.
400
The amount of current produced by 25 volts to power a circuit with a light bulb which puts out 5 ohms of resistance.
What is 5 Amps?
400
Where geothermal energy comes from.
Where is heat produced deep in the Earth's core?
(Similar answers accepted)
500
The other terms for a broken circuit and for a complete circuit.
What are a open circuit and a closed circuit?
500
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
Write a wager down ranging from 100 points to your entire score and give it to Mr. Phelan. Only the team that selected this may participate. If you get the question wrong, then you lose your wager. If you are correct, then you get double the amount of your wager!
You get 2 minutes to write down your response in the form of a question.
This is your answer:
The function of a resistor in a circuit and the function of a capacitor in a circuit.
500
A schematic of a parallel circuit with a battery as the source that turns on two light bulbs and motor with a switch.
(Draw this schematic on your loose-leaf paper in less than four minutes or the next team get a chance to draw.)
Circuits can vary in shape, but must require all components correctly drawn in under four minutes.
500
The word to describe the proportional relationship between Resistance and Current.
Inversely / Inverse
500
The purpose of a generator and the purpose of a substation.
What is that a generator is an energy source and creates the power that makes its way to your home and a substation lowers the amount of power generated to make it suitable for use by homes/businesses.