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Electricity & Current
Circuits
Static Electricity
Magnetism
Historical Contributors
100
Electricity is created when __________ jump from one atom to another atom.
What is electrons?
100
A circuit that has a break and no current.
What is an open circuit?
100
Rubbing two objects together creates _________ electricity.
What is static?
100
A magnet would not be attracted to ________. (conductors or insulators)
What is insulators?
100
This person conducted a famous experiment where he flew a kite in a storm.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
200
A continuous flow of electrons.
What is electric current?
200
A circuit that has only one pathway for electricity to flow.
What is a series circuit?
200
Electricity at rest is ___________.
What is static electricity?
200
If the north pole of a magnet were close to the south pole of another magnet, the magnets would ________ each other.
What is attract?
200
Thomas Edison invented the _______ that lights our houses today.
What is light bulb?
300
A material that does not allow electricity to flow through it. An example would be a rubber eraser.
What is an insulator?
300
A complete path along which an electric current flows.
What is a closed circuit?
300
When two balloons are rubbed with cloths and then held by a string close to each other, the balloons will _____ each other.
What is repel?
300
A temporary magnet that is created by an electric current with the wire wrapped around a nail.
What is an electromagnet?
300
This scientist sent sound by electricity and also invented the telephone.
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
400
A material that allows electricity to flow through it. An example would be a nail.
What is a conductor?
400
A circuit that has more than one pathway for electricity to flow.
What is a parallel circuit?
400
A form of static electricity that jumps from the atmosphere.
What is lightning?
400
The area on the magnet that the magnetic field is the greatest.
What is poles?
400
The inventor of a better way to make a light bulb filament.
Who is Lewis Howard Latimer?
500
One source of electrical energy is a ____________.
What is a battery?
500
This has a dimmer light but the light lasts longer.
What is a parallel circuit?
500
Anything that can move, light up, heat up or make sound.
What is energy?
500
If two magnet's north poles were placed beside each other, they would _________ each other.
What is repel?
500
This scientist's work led to the first electric motor and generator.
Who is Michael Faraday?