Investigation 1.1
One item in a circuit.
What is a component?
This is a material that will NOT allow electricity to flow through it.
What is an insulator?
This component has a positive and negative terminal.
What is the battery or D-Cell?
The ability to do work.
What is energy?
Which of these items would be a good conductor of electricity? (A toothpick, A paperclip, An eraser)
What is a paperclip?
This is the part of the light bulb the light up or burns.
What is the filament?
This is any material that WILL allow electricity to flow through it. All metals are these.
What are conductors?
This component can be used to open or close the circuit.
What is the switch?
Term used to refer to the ends of a battery.
What is terminal?
The place in a circuit where connections are made to allow electricity to flow.
What are contact points?
The area on a light bulb where one of the filament support wires extends down to the metal bead.
What is bulb base?
Part of the motor that rotates when energy is present.
What is shaft?
This component has a part called the filament.
What is the light bulb?
These are the two charges of electricity.
What are positive and negative?
The path that electricity travels is a complete circle called this.
What is a circuit?
The inside of the metal screw case on a lightbulb where the second filament support wire connects.
What is bulb casing?
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?
This is something that uses electricity to turn or create motion.
What is a motor?
A place where energy comes from, such as batteries, food, fuels, and the sun.
What is energy source?
A set of objects that are related in some way and can be isolated for study.
What is a system?
Energy that flows through circuits and can produce heat, light, motion, and sound.
What is electricity?
A conductor of energy
What are metals?
This is the component in the circuit that provides a path for electricity to travel through.
What are the wires?
The flow of electricity through a conductor.
What is an electric current?
Electricity leaves this terminal of the battery.
What is the Negative Terminal?