Electricity
A form of energy caused by moving electrons.
What is electricity?
What is a battery?
A force that can pull or push certain metals.
What is magnetism?
A complete path that electricity can travel through.
What is a circuit?
A material that allows electricity to flow easily.
What is a conductor?
A tool that uses Earth's magnetic field.
What is a compass?
Electricity built up by friction like rubbing a balloon against your hair.
What is static electricity?
Name a household item that uses batteries.
What is a flashlight or a remote?
An object that creates a magnetic field.
What is a magnet?
A route through which electricity can flow.
What is a closed circuit?
A good conductor of electricity.
What is copper?
What is a speaker?
A giant spark of static electricity.
What is lightning?
Batteries stop working when...
The two sides of a magnet.
What is the north and south pole?
A circuit becomes open when...
the wires disconnect.
A material that does not allow electricity to flow easily.
What is an insulator?
Something that changes electrical energy into motion.
What is a motor?
A place where electrons can be found.
What are atoms?
The two ends of a battery.
What are positive and negative terminals.
The area around a magnet where magnetic force acts.
What is a magnetic field?
Something that carries electricity from place to place.
What is wire in a circuit?
Wires often have plastic coatings because...
What is plastic is an insulator and provides protection.
DC is the abbreviation of...
Direct Current
Tiny particles in an atom that have a negative charge.
You add more batteries in a circuit with a light bulb. What happens to the light bulb?
What is the light gets brighter?
Name a magnetic metal
Iron or steel
Flipping a switch.
What is a way to close or open a circuit?
A liquid conductor.
What is water?
The scientist famous for studying electricity with a kite experiment.
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
What a light bulb does in a circuit.
What is change electrical energy into light energy.
The form of energy a battery stores.
What is Chemical energy
A type of magnet that can be turned on and off.
What is an electromagnet?
The safety device that can stop too much current.
What is a fuse or circuit breaker?
True or False: Thin wire conducts electricity better than thick wire.
What is true?
The needle on a compass moves when...
A magnet is brought near it.