Electricity & Current
Electricity is created when __________ jump from one atom to another atom.
Electrons
A circuit that has a break and no current.
Open circuit
the pathway through which electrical current
Electrical circuit
A magnet would not be attracted to ________. (conductors or insulators)
Insulators
conducted a famous experiment where he flew a kite in a storm.
Benjamin Franklin
A continuous flow of electrons.
Electric current
A circuit that has only one pathway for electricity to flow.
Series circuit
material that slows or stops electric current from flowing
(Plastic coating)
Insulator
If the north pole of a magnet were close to the south pole of another magnet, the magnets would ________ each other.
Attract
Thomas Edison invented the _______ that lights our houses today.
light bulb
A material that does not allow electricity to flow through it. An example would be a rubber eraser.
Insulator
A circuit that allows the movement of electrical energy.
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.
Electromagnet
Benjamin Franklin experimented with a kite to determine that ____________ is electricity.
lightning
A material that allows electricity to flow through it. An example would be a nail.
Conductor
A circuit that has more than one pathway for electricity to flow.
Parallel circuit
a flow of electricity through a conductor
Electrical current
The area on the magnet that the magnetic field is the greatest.
Poles
The inventor of the light bulb and the first power plant?
Thomas Edison
What can be a source for electricity ____________.
A battery
If a bulb was removed from this type of circuit, the other bulbs in the circuit would glow brighter.
Parallel circuit
to move or travel smooth in a certain direction
Flow
If two magnet's north poles were placed beside each other, they would _________ each other.
Repel
This contributor determined that electricity can be made by moving a magnet in a coiled wire.
Michael Faraday