A giant spark of electrical charges from the ground to a cloud is called this.
What is lightning?
100
If an atom has 5 protons and 6 electrons, it has this kind of charge.
What is negative?
100
The item we use to open and close an electric circuit is called this.
What is a switch?
100
Name two ways that electricity can move.
What are currents and jumping charges?
200
This is 1,000 watts.
What is a kilowatt?
200
If an atom has 7 protons and 6 electrons, what type of charge does it have?
What is positive?
200
In a simple electric current, the object that USES the power (like a lightbulb) is called this.
What is the load?
200
This is what lightning and static shocks have in common.
What is they both involve electrons jumping from one object to another?
300
This is the unit we use to measure how STRONGLY the electrons in a wire are being pushed.
What are volts?
300
This is what happens when you bring a positively charged object and a negatively charged object together.
What is attraction?
300
After the electrons in a circuit leave the load, they go to this end of the power source.
What is to the positive end?
300
Explain whether or not jumping electricity is useful.
Jumping electricity is/isn't useful because....
What is it isn't useful because it is unpredictable, unstable, and uncontrollable?
400
This is the unit we use to measure how QUICKLY electrical energy is used.
What are watts?
400
This is what happens when you bring two positively charged objects together.
What is repel each other?
400
This is what we call the steady flow of electric charges, usually in a wire.
What is an electric current?
400
Explain whether or not current electricity is useful.
Current electricity is/isn't useful because...
What is useful because it powers out lighting, appliances, etc.?
500
This is a special kind of outlet with a safety switch to turn it off in dangerous situations.
What is a GFCI outlet?
500
If an atom has 4 protons, 5 neutrons, and 4 electrons, it has this type of charge?
What is neutral, or no charge?
500
The wire used for electric currents is metal on the inside and plastic on the outside.The metal is a _____________ of electricity, and the plastic is an _________________.
What are conductor and insulator?
500
The energy created in a battery before it is converted to electricity is this type.