Vocabulary
What is material that do not allow electricity to flow easily through them?
What is an insulator?
Name 3 materials that would be a conductor
responses vary (water, humans, metals)
In a ______ circuit, there is an opening in the path. The opening stops the flow of the electric current.
What is an open circuit?
What is a build up of electrical charge on an object that doesn't move until it's released?
What is static electricity?
Turning on a lamp transforms electrical energy to what form of energy?
What is radiant?
What is material that allow electricity to flow easily through them?
What is a conductor?
Name 3 materials that would be an insulator
Answers may vary (wood, rubber, plastic)
In a ______ circuit, there is no opening in the path. The electricity is able to flow completely through.
What is closed?
What is true?
Turning on a fan transforms electrical energy to what form of energy?
What is mechanical?
What is a circuit that does not allow a continuous flow of electricity?
What is an open circuit?
Give an example of an object that would allow electricity to flow easily through?
What is water or rubber gloves?
What happens to the electricity when a circuit is broken?
What is the electricity stops flowing, the power goes out.
Objects with opposite charges repel eachother?
What is false (they attract eachother)
Turning on a stove transforms electrical energy to what form of energy?
What is thermal energy?
What is a complete circuit that does allow a continuous flow of electricity?
What is closed circuit?
If you wanted to stop electricity from flowing through a wire, what material would you wrap around it?
Answers may vary (examples: rubber, or plastic)
Name one device that uses an electrical circuit.
Answers may vary: (Examples: Light bulb, fan, television, phone, computer, lamp, or any electronic device)
What is a magnet created by running electricity through a wire coil?
What is an electromagnet?
Turning on a radio transforms electrical energy to what form of energy?
What is energy produced by the movement of charged particles (electrons)
What is electrical energy?
If a conductor and an insulator were placed in a circuit, which one would allow the light to turn on?
What is the conductor - it allows electricity to flow through easily.
A simple circuit contains these three things
What is a wire, light bulb, and battery?
How can you create static electricity?
What is by rubbing two different materials together, like rubbing a balloon on your hair or shuffling your feet on a carpet?
Name an item that can transform from electrical to radiant energy?
Answers may vary (examples: Light bulb, Flashlight)