Vocab
A form of energy produced by moving electrons
What is electricity?
The path an electric current follows.
What is an electric circuit?
A material that allows electrons to move through it
What is a conductor?
To make an electromagnet, a conductor could be coiled around this
What is a steel or iron nail?
This part of an atom is involved in electricity.
What is an electron?
The path which electric current follows
What is a circuit?
A circuit in which electrons have only one path to follow
What is a series circuit?
A material that does not allow electricity to move through it
What is an insulator?
Lightning is an example of _____________.
What is static electricity?
What is a coil of wire and magnet?
The buildup of charges on an object.
What is static electricity?
A kind of circuit in which there is more than one path for the electrons to follow.
What is a parallel circuit?
The type of wire that conducts electricity best
What is copper?
One kilowatt is equal to ___________________ watts.
What is 1000?
The type of circuit found in most homes
What is a parallel circuit?
A kind of energy that flows as an electric current.
What is current electricity?
The type of circuit that when one bulb goes out all the other bulbs in the circuit go out too
What is a series circuit?
Silver is a ________________
What is a conductor?
This is the invisible force field around every magnet.
What is magnetic field?
The unit of measure of electrical pressure (the push behind an electric current)
What is a volt?
A temporary kind of magnet made by coiling wire around a piece of iron and passing electricity through it.
What is an electromagnet?
A device that closes or opens a circuit
What is a switch?
Most electric wires are covered in an insulator like __________________
What is plastic?
This is the unit used to measured amount of electrical energy a device uses each second
What is watts?
These are the basic materials needed to make a complete circuit.
What are a power source (battery or outlet), wires, switch and a light bulb?