Electricity and conductors
General Vocabulary
Circuit components
Symbols
Just for fun
100
Materials that do not let electric currents flow through them are:_________
insulators
100
I am a form of energy that lets negatively charged particles move from one atom to another.
I am electricity!
100
What is the conductive component of a circuit called?
A wire
100
What does this symbol represent?
A two-way switch
100
In this circuit, if one lightbulb burns out, the others will not:
Parallel circuits
200
Name 2 types of conductors and 2 types of insulators.
conductors: gold, silver, aluminium, copper
insulators: wood, plastic, cardboard, etc
200
Define an electric circuit
A series of interconnected components that an electric current flows though to produce an effect (like light, heat, sound, or motion)
200
Name 2 types of power sources
Batteries, Cells
200
What do these symbols represent?
A cell and a battery
200
You and another group must both create a 30 second skit about being electrocuted. The teachers will choose the best skit and award them with points.
yay!
300
Name three types of energy that electrical energy can be transformed into:
Light, heat, sound, motion.
300
__________ receives electrical energy, while _________ regulates the circuit.
load devices; control devices
300
Name the 4 main components of an electric circuit
Power sources, conductors, load devices, control devices
300
Draw this circuit using symbols from the textbook.
300
Create a circuit with your bodies. It must have a battery, a load device, a control device, and conductors and each component must make a unique sound once the circuit is turned on.
yay!
400
Name three particles that make up an atom AND their charge.
electrons (negative), protons (positive), neutrons (neutral)
400
Name this load device: I convert electrical energy to kinetic energy
Motor.
400
What load device converts electrical energy to light energy & what load device converts electrical energy to heat energy
Lamp, resistor
400
Draw a series circuit and a parallel circuit
400
Write a rhyming haiku (5-7-5 syllables) about electricity.
yay!
500
What is the name for “the flow of electrons from one atom to another inside a conductive material.”
Electric current
500
Name the two types of Push Switches.
Normally open and normally closed switches
500
Name 3 types of load devices
Motors, lamps, buzzers, resistors
500
Draw a parallel circuit with a short circuit.
P.142 of textbook
500
Create a short song about electricity, and sing it with your entire group. It must be as long as the chorus in a regular song.
yay!