Measurements
What is the unit for voltage?
Materials that do NOT allow electricity to move through them easily
Insulator
What is the purpose of a switch
To open and close the circuit.
Oppositely charged objects __________ each other.
attract
This candy bar reminds me of a very famous baseball player and is made of peanuts, caramel, and milk chocolate-flavored nougat, covered in compound chocolate
Baby Ruth
What is the unit for resistance?
Ohms
Material that DOES allow electricity to easily moves through them
Conductor
This circuit has one pathway
Series
Who doesn't like to win money?! This candy bar is also a combination of chewy caramel, rich milk chocolate and crunchy crisped rice
100 Grand
Two examples of being responsible around electricity (safety rules)
Answers may vary
What is the unit for electric current?
It consists of a slab of very sweet vanilla-flavored white nougat covered with milk chocolate. The nougat is so chewy, call it tough, that it's more like taffy. Can come in chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry flavors.
Charleston Chew
In this type of circuit, if one lightbulb goes out, the others will not be affected
Parallel
The region around a charged object where the object's electric force is exerted
Electric field
What is the pathway around which electrons flow?
Circuits
This candy can also be used as a straw- usually comes in colors of red or black
Licorice
The flow of electrons is called
Current
When the electricity reaches the filament inside the lightbulb, what is most of energy transformed into?
Heat or Thermal Energy
2 variables that affect resistance
thickness and length
An electrical safety device that operates to provide overcurrent protection of an electrical circuit.
Fuse
According to Ohm's Law, V = ___ x ____
= I x R (current X resistance)
What is the difference between an open circuit and a closed circuit
Closed - electrons can flow and circuit is working
Open - electrons cannot flow and circuit is not working
The owl needs only 3 licks to get to the center of this candy- you used to also be able to turn in the wrappers for a free piece.
Tootsie Pops
Particles that make up an atom and their electric charge
electrons = negative, protons = positive, and neutrons = neutral
3 ways to transfer electric charge
conduction, induction, friction