Static Electricity
Circuits
Using Electricity
General Electricity
PEAK
100
When clothes stick together in after coming out of the dryer, they might have this buildup.
What is static electricity?
100
The flow of electrical charges is known as an _____.
What is an electric current?
100
When something slows down an electric current it is known as ______.
What is resistance?
100
The scientist who proved that lightning is a form of static electricity.
Who is Ben Franklin?
100
These are a fuel source that is non-renewable, such a coal, that is formed from fossils.
What are fossil fuels?
200
Scientist call the two type of electric charges positive and _____.
What is negative?
200
The path along which a current flows is known as a______.
What is circuit?
200
This is used to change the voltage of an electric current.
What is a transformer?
200
Materials that do not let charges flow through them easily.
What are insulators?
200
The hours of PEAK time.
What is 12:00-6:00?
300
A positive and a negative charge ______each other.
What is attract?
300
This is a type of circuit in which all the electrical charges flow in the same direction along a single path.
What is series circuit?
300
Fuses and _____ ______ protect against dangerous amounts of electric currents.
What are circuit breakers?
300
Copper and silver are good ______. These are materials that let charges flow through them easily.
What are conductors?
300
Water, Wind, and Solar are examples of.
What are renewable energy sources?
400
When you hold a negatively charged balloon near a wall, it ______the negative charges in the wall.
What is repels?
400
This is a type of circuit in which the electric current flow through more than one path.
What is a parallel circuit?
400
This is a device used to protect the over use of a electric currents by having multiple outlets on one device.
What is a surge protector.
400
A battery is also known as a ____.
What is a cell?
400
The name of the PEAK superhero.
What is bulbman?
500
The movement of static electricity from one object to another is known as_____.
What is discharge?
500
This is the strength of a power source.
What is voltage?
500
These are the three main ways that electrical energy is used.
What is heat, light, and motion?
500
The word "electricity" comes from the Greek work for____.
What is amber?
500
This is a type of lightbulb that uses less energy and burn for longer than an 100 watt lightbulb.
What is a CFL?
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