Vocabulary #1
Vocabulary #2
Circuit Components
Circuit Diagrams
Random Electricity Information
100
This is the part of the light bulb the light up or burns.
What is the filament.
100
This is something that can open or close a circuit.
What is a switch.
100
This is the component in the circuit that provides a path for electricity to travel through.
What are the wires.
100
Will the light bulb light or not light in this circuit?
What is NO.
100
Electricity leaves this terminal of the battery.
What is the Negative Terminal.
200
This is the type of electricity that flows in a complete circle.
What is Current Electricity.
200
This is any material that WILL allow electricity to flow through it. All metals are these.
What are conductors.
200
This is the component that uses electricity to turn in different directions.
What is the motor.
200
Will this circuit light or not light the light bulb?
What is YES.
200
The path that electricity travels is a complete circle called this.
What is a circuit.
300
This is a type of circuit that will NOT light a light bulb or turn a motor. There is a break in the line.
What is an Open Circuit.
300
This is a component or where the electricity comes from for a circuit.
What is an electricity source.
300
This component can be used to open or close the circuit.
What is the switch.
300
What needs to be changed so that this circuit will light?
What is one wire needs to touch the base of the light bulb.
300
These are the two charges of electricity.
What are positive and negative.
400
This is a material that will NOT allow electricity to flow through it.
What is an insulator.
400
This is something that uses electricity to turn or create motion.
What is a motor.
400
This component has a positive and negative terminal.
What is the battery or D-Cell.
400
Draw a circuit that will light a bulb using one wire, one battery and one light bulb.
Varies
400
Which of these items would be a good conductor of electricity? (A toothpick, A paperclip, An eraser)
What is a paperclip.
500
This is the type of electricity that jumps from one object to another. It doe NOT flow.
What is Static Electricity.
500
This is a type of circuit that has an easier path for the electricity to get back to the source without doing any work.
What is a short circuit.
500
This component has a part called the filament.
What is the light bulb.
500
Draw a circuit that will light a light bulb using a batter, a light bulb and two wires.
Varies
500
This is the small particle that travels through a circuit. They are part of an atom.
What are electrons.
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