Circuits
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Vocabulary
Sources
Magnetism
100
This is the circular flow of electricity or a system that connects electrical devices so that they will operate.
What is a circuit?
100
This is the flow of electric charge through something..
What is a current?
100
These are the two types of energy lightbulbs often give off.
What are heat and light?
100
These items will light a lightbulb.
What are a battery, a wire and a lightbulb?
100
He was the King of England who granted the Charter of 1662 to the Connecticut colonists.
What is attraction?
200
A material through which an electric current can pass.
What is a conductor?
200
The device used to turn the electrical current in a circuit on or off.
What is a switch?
200
An electric circuit in which the components are connected so that the current can follow more than on closed path.
What is a parallel ciruit?
200
Metal, water and me.
What conducts electricity?
200
This is what occurs when like ends of a magnet meet.
What is repel?
300
An electric circuit in which the components are connected so that the current can follow more than one closed path.
What is a series circuit?
300
This is one unit to measure electricity.
What is a volt or hertz?
300
This device detects the presence of a magnetic field.
What is a magnetic compass?
300
Rubber, plastic, glass and paper.
What are insulators of electricity?
300
He went to England and gave a gold ring to the king to help gain permission for a charter.
What is iron or steel?
400
He started the town of Windsor.
Who is Edward Winslow?
400
This a material through which an electric current will not pass.
What is an insulator?
400
This is a force in nature that results from a buildup of electrical charges in clouds.
What is lightning?
400
These are the tiny particles that make up areas in a magnet.
What are atoms?
500
These are components of a circuit.
What is an energy source, receiver (resistor), switch
500
This is a metal strand used to connect electrical devices in a circuit.
What is a wire?
500
This is a fine, thin wire (found in lightbulbs) that becomes hot and produces light when an electric churrent passes through it.
What is a filament?
500
This is a source (or part of the path from the source) of electricity that can be seen in your neighborhood.
What is a transformer (and/or the wires)?
500
This is how you make a temporary magnet.
What happens when you stroke a soft iron with a magnet?
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