Circuits
What type of circuit allows electricity to flow continuously?
closed circuit
What is a material that allows electricity to flow easily?
What is a conductor?
What is static electricity?
What is the buildup of electric charge on the surface of objects?
What is one way electrical energy can be transformed?
What is into light, radiant, thermal, or mechanical energy?
What creates a magnetic field?
What is an electric current flowing through a wire?
What happens to the flow of electricity if a circuit is broken?
What is it stops flowing?
Give an example of an insulator.
What is rubber or wood?
How can you create static electricity?
What is by rubbing two materials together?
Name a device that transforms electrical energy into mechanical energy.
What is anything that moves like a fan or motor?
What are two types of magnets?
What are permanent magnets and electromagnets?
Name one component of a simple circuit.
What is a battery, wire, or light bulb?
Why do we use metal wires in electrical devices?
What is because metals are good conductors of electricity?
What happens when you rub a balloon on your hair?
What is the balloon becomes negatively charged and your hair becomes positively charged?
What happens to electrical energy in a toaster?
What is it transforms into thermal energy to cook the bread?
How can you make an electromagnet?
What is by wrapping wire around a nail and connecting it to a battery?
If your teachers asks you to close the circuit, what are you being asked to do?
What is turn on the light.
How do insulators protect us from electric shock?
What is by preventing the flow of electricity?
What is the term for the sudden discharge of static electricity?
What is a spark?
Can electrical energy be converted into sound energy? Give an example.
What is yes, like in a radio?
What affects the strength of an electromagnet?
What is the number of coils.
How can you create a circuit to light up a bulb?
What is by connecting a battery, bulb, and wires in a closed path?
Can water conduct electricity? Why or why not?
What is yes, because it contains impurities that allow it to conduct electricity?
Why do clothes sometimes stick together after coming out of the dryer?
What is due to static electricity?
What type of energy transformation occurs in a light bulb?
What is electrical energy to radiant energy?
How does magnetism relate to electricity?
What is electric currents create magnetic fields?