Static Electricity
Vocabulary
Vocabulary 2
Riddle Me This
100
Unlike charges ______ each other.
What is attract?
100
A path through which electricity can flow.
What is electric circuit?
100
Circuit that has only one path for electricity to follow.
What is a series circuit?
100
I invented the light bulb among many other inventions! Who am I?
Who is Thomas Edison?
200
Like charges ______ each other.
What is repel?
200
Continuous flow of negative charges.
What is electric current?
200
Buildup of electric charges on objects.
What is static electricity?
200
I am a friend of electricity and allow it to run through me easily. What am I?
What is a conductor?
300
A negatively charged balloon can stick to a wall after the ________ charges of the wall are pushed away.
What is negative?
300
A switch that operates by a circuit by turning itself off.
What is a circuit breaker?
300
Material that lets electricity flow easily.
What is a conductor?
300
I am the path along which electricity travels. What am I?
What is an electric circuit?
400
When negative charges jump from a cloud to the ground this occurs.
What is lightning?
400
A device that opens or closes.
What is a switch?
400
A thin wire inside a light bulb.
What is a filament?
400
I am the crackle you hear when you touch a doorknob after rubbing your feet across a carpet. What am I?
What is an electric discharge?
500
When you walk across a rug, ________ charges can move from the rug to your shoes.
What is negative?
500
Circuit that has more than one path for electricity to follow.
What is a parallel circuit?
500
Safety device that opens a circuit by melting.
What is a fuse?
500
I try to keep electricity from getting to you. What am I?
What is a fuse?
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