a form of energy resulting from the existence of charged particles
What is electricity?
100
a closed circuit in which the current divides into two or more paths before recombining to complete the circuit
What is a parallel circuit?
100
a substance or device that does not readily conduct electricity
What is an insulator?
100
the part of the circuit that powers the circuit
What is the battery?
100
When electricity flows through a light bulb, this part of the light bulb lights up
What is a filament?
200
a roughly circular line, route, or movement that starts and finishes at the same place. Electricity starts in the cell and flows through wires, bulbs, and other object and returns to the cell - this is known as _____
What is a circuit?
200
a closed circuit in which the current follows one path
What is a series circuit?
200
A material or an object that conducts heat, electricity, light, or sound.
What is a conductor?
200
the part of the circuit that "carries" the power from the battery to the light bulb socket
What is the wire?
200
An example of a conductor
What is any metal example?
300
the power source for the electric currents - also known as a cell
What is a battery?
300
When you add a battery to the circuit this is what happens to the bulb
What is get brighter?
300
a metal object
What is a conductor?
300
The part of our circuits that held the battery
What is the battery holder?
300
This is what you do when the circuit doesn't work
What is trouble shooting? problem solving?
what do you do to check if the circuit doesn't work?
400
a device for making and breaking the connection in an electric circuit. This can be found on the wall to turn lights on and off.
What is a switch?
400
When you add more wire to the circuit, this is what happens to the bulb...
What is gets dimmer?
400
A plastic fork
What is an insulator?
400
The part that held the light bulb
What is the bulb socket?
400
An example of how you use electricity
What is heat the house, watch tv, lights, phones, computers, etc.
500
a flow of electric charge. In electric circuits this charge is often carried by moving electrons in a wire
What is a current?
500
A circuit that only has the power source and no outlets. this can be potentially dangerous and heat up and cause a fire.
What is a short circuit?
500
an example of an insulator
What is plastic, wood, rubber, .....
500
The part of the bulb socket and battery holder that "held" on to the wire