Misc
Energy
Electric Circuits
Definitions 1
Definitions 2
100
The force between two like charges
What is repelling?
100
Energy sources that cannot be replaced in a short period of time (for example, fossil fuels)
What are non-renewable energy sources?
100
The subatomic particle that moves along a controlled path in a circuit
What is an electron?
100
Charging an object by touching one object to another
What is contact?
100
Has to do with electric charge and the movement of electrons
What is electricity?
200
The force between a neutral object and negative object
What is attraction?
200
A source of energy that does not get used up in producing the energy (for example, solar energy)
What are renewable energy sources?
200
For example, a battery in a circuit
What is the energy source?
200
A build up of electrons on the surface of an object
What is static electricity?
200
A circuit that has more than one pathway for electric current
What is a parallel circuit?
300
The charge of objects that are lower on the Electrostatic Series
What is negative?
300
The units used for EnerGuide ratings
What are kWh (kilowatt hour)?
300
An electrical device that converts electrical energy into another type of energy in a circuit (a lightbulb, for example)
What is a load?
300
Charging an object by bringing one object close to another without touching
What is induction?
300
A device that detects the presence of an electric charge
What is an electroscope?
400
Fur, silk, wool
What are insulators?
400
An advantage of using renewable energy sources
Free, available, unlimited
400
The part of a circuit that allows you to safely open or close the circuit
What is a control device?
400
Materials in which electrons cannot move easily from one atom to another
What is an insulator?
400
Amount of energy required to move a unit of electrical charge between two points in an electric field (Hint: measured in V)
What is voltage?
500
The device that measures electric current
What is an ammeter?
500
A disadvantage of using fossil fuels as an energy source
Non-renewable, releases carbon dioxide, destroys habitats, causes acid precipitation
500
Metal wires that allow electrons to flow easily through a circuit
What are conductors?
500
Amount of electrons that pass a point in a wire every second (Hint: measured in A)
What is electric current?
500
The property of a substance that slows down electric current (Hint: Measured in ohms)
What is resistance?
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