Safety
Magnetism
Electricity
Experiments
Definitions
100

What item allows energy to pass through the circuit?

What is the wire?

100

Why does the earth have its own magnetic field?

What is because the inner core is made up of molten iron.

100
A type of energy in which small particles (electrons) move through a device.
What is electricity?
100

What is the electric charge in static electricity?

What are electrons?

100
Anything an electrical current can pass through easily.
What is conductor?
200

Materials that do not let energy easily pass through.

What are insulators?

200

This happens when you put the north pole of one magnet towards the south pole of another magnet.

What is they attract?

200
Where the current flows from the battery through an electrical device providing power, and returning back to the battery.
What is a closed circuit?
200

What are ways electricity is harnessed?

What is by the burning of fossil fuels, solar, wind, water, or geothermal energy.

200
A path for an electric current.
What is a circuit?
300

What part of the circuit uses the energy?

What is the light bulb?

300
Name a type of metal that can be magnetized?
What is iron or nickle?
300

The buildup of electric charge.

What is static electricity?

300

What is all matter made up of?

What are particles?

300

A flow of electricity.

What is a current?

400

Energy of particles when they move.

What is heat.

400

The 3 things you need to make an electromagnet.

What are a battery, wire and iron nail?

400
Electricity can be changed (converted) into other useful forms of energy by ___________.
What is an electrical device?
400

What is a positive charge?

What are protons?

400
Materials that electricity has a hard time flowing through; for example plastic, leather or wood.
What is an insulator?
500

Describe static electricity?

What is it is random, unpredicatable, and cannot be used by consumers.

500

What are the best metal conductors of heat?

What is silver, copper, gold, aluminum, and iron.

500

What are the parts of a simple circuit?

What is a switch, light bulb, wires, and battery?

500

What is a conductor?

What are materials that allow energy to pass through them easily. 

500

Describe harnessed electricity.

What is it is current electricity is produced at power plants using mechanical and chemical energy. We rely heavily on the predicatibility of current electricity.

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