Static Electricity
Electric Current
Electric Circuits
Electrical Safety
Key terms
100
Clothes in a dryer acquire static cling because of this
What is friction?
100
To produce electric current, charges must do this.
What is flow continuously from one place to another?
100
Formula for voltage
What is Voltage=Current x Resistance?
100
A device that contains a thin strip of metal that will melt if there is too much current through it
What is a fuse?
100
Electric field
What is a region around a charged object where the object's electric force is exerted on other charged objects
200
The science term that describes electrons PUSHING EACH OTHER APART.
What is repel?
200
Two examples of conductors
What is silver, copper, aluminum, iron
200
The man who found a relationship between resistance, current and voltage.
Who is Georg Ohm?
200
A reusable safety switch that breaks the circuit when the current gets too high
What is a circuit breaker?
200
Static electricity
What is the buildup of charges on an obect
300
The loss of static electricity as electric charges transfer from one object to another.
What is static discharge?
300
Two examples of insulators
What is rubber, glass, sand, plastic, wood?
300
There are several paths for current to take.
What is parallel circuit?
300
A way of providing an alternate path for the electric current to take
What is grounding?
300
Voltage source
What is a device that creates a potential difference in an electric circuit?
400
Charges are neither created nor destroyed. This is called...
What is the law of conservation of charge?
400
This causes a current in an electric circuit
What is voltage?
400
There is only one path for current to take
What is series circuit?
400
An example of grounding
What is lightening rod, third prong?
400
Ohm's Law
What is resistance is equal to the voltage divided by the current?
500
The three ways by which charges can be transferred to build up static electricity.
What is friction, conduction, induction?
500
Three factor that determine resistance
What is material of wire, length of wire, diameter of wire, temperature of wire?
500
The three features of a circuit
What is 1. they are run by electrical energy 2. they have a source of energy 3. they are connected by conducting wires
500
A connection that allows current to take the path of least resistance
What is a short circuit?
500
Ammeter
What is a device used to measure current?
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