Electricity & Current
Electricity is created when __________ jump from one atom to another atom.
What is electrons?
A circuit that has a break and no current.
What is an open circuit?
the pathway through which electrical current
What is electrical circuit
A magnet would not be attracted to ________. (conductors or insulators)
What is insulators?
conducted a famous experiment where he flew a kite in a storm.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
A continuous flow of electrons.
What is electric current?
A circuit that has only one pathway for electricity to flow.
What is a series circuit?
material that slows or stops electric current from flowing
(Plastic coating)
What is insulator?
If the north pole of a magnet were close to the south pole of another magnet, the magnets would ________ each other.
What is attract?
Thomas Edison invented the _______ that lights our houses today.
What is light bulb?
A material that does not allow electricity to flow through it. An example would be a rubber eraser.
What is an insulator?
A circuit that allows the movement of electrical energy.
What is a closed circuit?
material that allows electric current or heat energy to flow through easily
Conductor
A temporary magnet that is created by an electric current with the wire wrapped around a nail.
What is an electromagnet?
Benjamin Franklin experimented with a kite to determine that ____________ is electricity.
What is lightning?
A material that allows electricity to flow through it. An example would be a nail.
What is a conductor?
A circuit that has more than one pathway for electricity to flow.
What is a parallel circuit?
a flow of electricity through a conductor
What is electrical current ?
The area on the magnet that the magnetic field is the greatest.
What is poles?
What can be a source for electricity ____________.
What is a battery?
If a bulb was removed from this type of circuit, the other bulbs in the circuit would glow brighter.
What is a parallel circuit?
to move or travel smooth in a certain direction
What is a flow?
If two magnet's north poles were placed beside each other, they would _________ each other.
What is repel?