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A Battery of Questions
"E" is for Electrical
Circuit Safety
Go with the Flow
Surprise, Surprise
100
Built the first battery by layering zinc paper soaked in salt water and silver
Who is Alessandro Volta
100
The flow of electric charges throught a material
What is an electric current
100
Has only one path for a current to take
What is a series circuit
100
The measure of how hard it is for charges to flow through a material
What is resistance
100
Unit used to measure electric current
What is an amp
200
A device that transforms chemical energy into electrical energy
What is an electrochemical cell?
200
An unbroken path through whihc electric charges flow
What is an electric circuit
200
There are several paths to take in this type of circuit
What is a parallel circuit
200
A material that an electrical charge can flow through easily
What is a conductor
200
Unit used to measure voltage
What is a volt
300
A combination of two or more electrochemical cells in a series
What is a battery?
300
A metal part of an electrochemical cell, which gains or loses electrons
What is an electrode
300
This grounds an appliance if there is a short circuit
What is a third prong
300
A material that an electric charge has a hard flowing through
What is an insulator
300
Unit used to measure resistance
What is an ohm
400
The type of battery where the electrolyte is a liquid
What is a dry cell
400
The substance that conducts electric current
What is an electrolyte
400
A metal strip melts when too much current goes through it
What is a fuse
400
An example of a conductor
What is most metals like silver, copper, and aluminum
400
Energy stored in chemical compunds
What is chemical energy
500
The type of battery where the electrolyte is a paste
What is a dry cell
500
Energy that makes charges flow
What is electrical potential energy
500
Breaks the circuit if the current gets too high
What is a circuit breaker
500
An example of an insulator
What is rubber, glass, and plastic
500
A process which substances change into new substances with different properties
What is a chemical reaction