Charges
Currents
Circuits
Static Electricity
Other Stuff
100
What are the two types of electric charge?
Positive and Negative
100
What is the term for the flow of electric charges?
Electric Current.
100
What is an open circuit?
The pathway is not completed, receiver does not receive energy.
100
A positively or negatively charged atom is called...
An ion
100
What is an object where electrons can not move easily?
Insulator
200
What do like charges do when brought together?
What is repel
200
What is the name for the unbroken path that current flows in?
A circuit.
200
What is a closed circuit?
The circuit is closed, the receiver receives energy.
200
The imbalance of electric charge is called
Static charge
200
What is an object where electrons can move easily?
Conductor
300
What do unlike charges do when brought together?
Attract
300
What happens to resistance as a wire gets thinner?
Resistance increases.
300
What are the three parts of a completed circuit?
Receiver (light), wire (Connection), battery (energy)
300
Two positive charges have what force between them?
Repulsion
300
What type of material makes good conductors?
Metals
400
What type of charge is on an object when that objects loses electrons?
Positive Charge
400
Which way do electrons flow in a completed circuit?
From negative to positive.
400
A circuit that has only one path to follow is called?
Series circuit.
400
Why was your hair attracted to the balloon after rubbing it on your head?
The balloon picked up negative charges and the hair had positive charges so they attracted.
400
One of my Christmas lights have burned out. The rest of my string is now not working. What type of circuit are they?
Series.
500
What type of charge is on an object when it gains electrons?
Negative
500
What happens to resistance as the wire gets larger?
Resistance Decreases.
500
A circuit that has more than one pathway to follow is called?
Parallel circuit.
500
What is an example of electric discharge?
Shock or lightning
500
One of my Christmas lights burn out. The rest of the string stays on. What type of circuit is it?
Parallel
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