Conductors and Insulators
Basic Circuits
Static Electricity/
Electrical Energy
Electromagnets and Magnetism
Historical Contributions & Identifying Variables
100
a material that allows electrical current to flow through them easily
What is a conductor?
100
anything made of metal
What can close the circuit and light the bulb in a simple circuit?
100
toaster
What is an example of transformed into heat energy.
100
electromagnet
What is it when electrical current passes through the wire curled around a wire
100
Thomas Edison
Who invented the light bulb?
200
a material that does not allow electrical currents to flow through them.
What is an insulator?
200
the flow of electricity in the circuit is greater
What is "When a bulb is brighter because it is powered by two batteries?
200
someone walking across carpet in their socks and feeling a shock when they touch a door knob.
What is a way static electricity is created?
200
the stronger the electromagnet
What is the more times the wire is coiled around the nail?
200
Bowl A and B are filled with the same amount of water. Bowl A is covered in plastic wrap.Both bowls are left on a counter. The water is checked in both bowls after one week.
What is the independent variable and dependent variable
300
metal
What is "What conductors other than water and people contain".
300
the complete path electricity moves within a circuit with no breaks in the flow
What is a closed circuit?
300
fan
What is an example of electrical energy transformed into motion.
300
An electromagnet can be turned on and off, but a permanent magnet is always magnetic.
What is the difference in an electromagnet and a permanent magnet.
300
electric motor
What did Michael Faraday invent?
400
plastic
What is a good insulator
400
a circuit that connects several objects one after the other so that the electrical current flows in a single path.
What is a series circuit?
400
lightning
What is a natural occurring phenomenon caused b y static electricity?
400
around the poles
where is the magnetic field the greatest in any magnet
400
A man was having a weed problem in his tomato garden. He decided to grow one set of tomatoes with newspapers around them and one set of tomatoes sprayed with weed killer. He counted the number of weeds each day and recorded it on a chart.
What is the dependent variable?
500
wooden blocks, a brick, a rock, a plastic bottle
What are insulators?
500
a switch turned off or a gap in a cicuit
What makes any circuit open?
500
light or lamp
What is an example of electrical energy transformed into light energy.
500
it never stops being magnetic
Why is a magnet referred to as a permanent magnet?
500
Benjamin Franklinton
Who did experiments with lightning and invented the lightning rod.
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