Hist-ricity
The observant experimenter who tied a key to a kite string in an electrical storm to collect data on the results.
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
The positively charged sub-atomic particle found in the nucleus.
What is a proton?
The type of energy used in batteries to produce electricity.
What is chemical energy?
Also accept, What is stored potential energy?
V = I x R
What is Ohm's Law?
In this type of circuit current is the same everywhere.
What is a series circuit?
The original scientist who soaked some paper in salt water, placed zinc and copper on alternate sides of the paper, and watched the chemical reaction produce an electric current.
Who is Alessandro Volta? (Volta is acceptable as an answer)
The neutrally charged subatomic particle found in the nucleus of an atom.
What is a neutron?
The equipment in a power grid which can either increase or decrease voltage as needed.
What is a transformer? or What are step-up and step-down transformers?
The unit used to represent resistance as measured in a circuit.
What is an ohm?
A voltmeter is always wired in this format to the circuit element or section of the circuit being examined.
What is parallel?
The English scientist that was the first to realize that an electric current could be produced by passing a magnet through copper wiring.
Who was Michael Faraday?
A substance or device which does not readily conduct heat or electricity. Materials of this nature are used to coat electrical wires.
What is an insulator?
According to this law the current flowing into a component equals the current flowing out.
What is the Law of Conservation of Charge?
This type of metal has high resistance and is used in wires in appliances that need to generate heat like toasters, hair dryers or electric kettles
What is nichrome?
In this type of circuit total resistance equals the sum of the individual resistances.
What is a series circuit?
In 1879 he focused on producing a practical and relatively inexpensive light bulb for mass production, often credited with inventing the lightbulb.
Who was Thomas Edison?
The charge of the negatively charged subatomic particle orbiting the nucleus that can move through wires to create current in an electric circuit.
What is -1?
An electrical component that can "make" or "break" an electrical circuit, interrupting the current or diverting it along an alternate path in a parallel circuit.
What is a switch?
The device used to measure current in a circuit.
What is an ammeter?
In this type of circuit the inverse of the total resistance equals the sum of the inverses of the individual resistances.
What is a parallel circuit?
A Serbian engineer and inventor who is highly regarded in energy history for his development of alternating current (AC) electrical systems. He also made extraordinary contributions in the fields of electromagnetism and wireless radio communications
Who was Nikola Tesla?
In the electrostatic series the substance more likely to gain electrons and become negatively charged from the choices of rubber or glass?
What is rubber?
This is defined as the amount of electric current flowing due to an applied voltage. It is the amount of electricity required to start or operate a load for one second. It is measured in watts (W).
What is [electrical] power?
If current is 6A and resistance is 20 ohms this is the voltage in the circuit.
What is 120V?
In this type of circuit voltage divides so that the voltage increase supplied by the voltage source equals the sum of the voltage drops across the resistors.
What is a series circuit?