Vocabulary 1
A source of electricity
What is a D-Cell
Provides the energy to light the bulb or the receiver
What is a battery
Electricity must travel in a circle from one end of the battery to the other
What is a complete circuit
A substance, commonly a metal such as copper or aluminum, through which electricity flows
What is a conductor
Thomas Edison invented the ______________ that lights our houses today.
What is the light bulb
A drawing on a piece of paper that represents a circuit
What is a schematic diagram
Closed Circuit
What is a complete circuit through which electricity will flow
A circuit that allows the movement of electrical energy
What is a closed circuit
A material that prevents the flow of electricity, commonly plastic, rubber, glass or air
What is an insulator
Benjamin Franklin experimented with a kit to determine that ______________ is electricity
What is lightning
A pathway for the flow of electricity
What is a circuit
Switch
What is a device used to open and close circuits
A circuit that has more than one pathway for electricity to flow
What is a parallel circuit
A nail would be an example of a _____________
(insulator or conductor)
What is a conductor
A flow of electricity through a conductor
What is electrical current
Open Circuit
What is an incomplete circuit through which electricity will NOT flow
Filament
What is the part of the bulb that gets hot and produces light
A circuit that has a break and no current
What is an open circuit
Plastic coating is an example of ______________
(insulator or conductor)
What is an insulator
He conducted a famous experiment where he flew a kite in a storm
Who is Benjamin Franklin
A metal clip that connects wires to a circuit
What is a Fahnstock Clip
Circuit Base
What is something that holds many components needed to build a circuit
A circuit that has only one pathway for electricity to flow
What is a series circuit
This will not conduct electricity
What is a material covered with an insulating layer
The inventor of the light bulb and the first power plant
Who was Thomas Edison