Light Bulb
Circuits
Vocabulary
100

What kind of light bulb have we been using in class?

Incandescent light bulb

100

What type of circuit prevents energy from flowing?

An open circuit

100

All metal materials help produce electricity. Metal is a ___

Conductor

200

What are the two contact points on a bulb?

Metal Casing

Base

200

What component of a circuit provides a pathway to carry the electricity from component to component?

the wires

200

A battery, fossil fuels, and food are examples of___

stored energy

300

What part of the lightbulb lights up?

The filament

300

What are the two terminals on a D-Cell battery?

Positive terminal and negative terminal


300

What is a renewable energy resource, and at least one example?

renewable energy is energy that can be reused

examples: sun, hydroelectric energy, geothermal energy

400

Who invented the light bulb?

Thomas Edison

400

What part of a circuit can you use control the flow of electricity?

A switch

400

What does nonrenewable mean? Give some examples.

Nonrenewable means that it cannot be reused and once it it used, it is done.

Examples: fossil fuels

500

What do you need to make a light bulb light?

An energy source (D-cell)

Two contact points being touched by the energy source

1 or two wires

500

What component in the circuit provides stored energy?

D-Cell battery

500

Materials that do not conduct electricity

Insulators

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