Energy
The ability to do work
What is energy?
A physical property of protons and electrons
What is electric charge?
Materials that do not allow the flow of electric currents easily
What is an insulator?
The pathway for the flow of electricity
Energy that is used to warm things up
What is Thermal energy?
The energy an object has due to the position, condition, or shape of the object
What is potential energy?
The movement or flow of electrons
What is an electric current?
Materials that allow the flow of electric currents easily
What are conductors?
A circuit that has a break in it
What is an incomplete circuit?
The movement of thermal energy
What is heat?
Energy contained in the nuclei of atoms
What is nuclear energy?
The build-up of stationary electric charge
What is static electricity?
The material in a lightbulb that makes light when heated by an electric current
What is a filament?
The 3 parts of any simple circuit
What are: a power source (battery), a lightbulb (or motor), and a connector (e.g., wires)?
The remains of dead ancient organisms which are buried deep underground
What are fossil fuels?
The energy of moving electrons
What is electrical energy?
The physical interaction of positively and negatively charged particles with each other through specific fields
What is magnetism?
What is carbon-coated cotton thread?
A circuit that has two or more pathways for the current to flow
What is a parallel circuit?
Natural resources that can replenish themselves naturally over time
What are renewable resources?
Energy related to the temperature of a substance
What is thermal energy?
A property of electric and magnetic fields that causes interactions with electric charges and currents
What is electromagnetism?
How light is measured
What are Lumens?
A circuit that has only one pathway for the current to flow
What is a series circuit?
Steam or water from geysers spin turbines to generate electricity
What is Geothermal power?