Circuits
Conductors
Insulators
Electricity & Current
Miscellaneous
100
A circuit that has a break and no current.
What is an open circuit?
100
Define a conductor.
What is "a material that allows electricity to flow through it"?
100
Define an insulator.
What is "a material that does not allow electricity to flow through it"?
100
Electricity is created when __________ jump from one atom to another atom.
What are electrons?
100
He conducted a famous experiment where he flew a kite in a storm.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
200
A circuit that has only one pathway for electricity to flow.
What is a series circuit?
200
Name an example of a conductor.
200
Name an example of an insulator.
200
A continuous flow of electrons.
What is electric current?
200
He was the inventor of the light bulb and the first power plant.
Who is Thomas Edison?
300
A circuit that allows the movement of electrical energy.
What is a closed circuit?
300
One of these is not a conductor: nail, crayon, paper clip.
What is a crayon?
300
One of these is not an insultor: rubber band, toothpick, key.
What is a key?
300
A device called a ___________ controls the flow of current in a circuit.
What is a switch?
300
Benjamin Franklin experimented with a kite to determine that ____________ is electricity.
What is lightning?
400
A circuit that has more than one pathway for electricity to flow.
What is a parallel circuit?
400
Name three conductors not mentioned yet.
400
Name three insulators not mentioned yet.
400
This type of electricity moves in a circular shape and returns back to its place of origin.
What is current electricity?
400
Something that uses some of the electricity in a circuit is called a ____________.
What is a resistor?
500
If a bulb was removed from this type of circuit, the other bulbs in the circuit would glow brighter.
What is a parallel circuit?
500
True or false: Water is a conductor.
What is "true"?
500
True or false: An insulator will keep you from getting shocked.
What is "true"?
500
In a circuit, electricity flows from the ___________ side of a battery to the ____________ side of the battery.
What is "electricity flows from the positive side of a battery to the negative side of the battery"?
500
Electricity can be stored in a ___________.
What is a dry cell battery?
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