What is electricity?
What is a natural form of static electricity?
Lightning
What type of charge does a neutron have?
neutral/no charge
What are some examples of insulators?
rubber, plastic, wood
What is thermal energy?
heat energy
How can we produce static electricity?
Shuffling feet and touching metal or a person; rubbing a balloon on clothes then placing it on a wall.
What type of charge does an electron have?
negative
What are some examples of a conductor?
metal - copper, aluminum
Name some ways we use thermal energy every day.
heating a room, cooking food, keeping plants alive
Name three ways that power plants get energy.
Wind, burning coal, sunlight
What type of charge does a proton have?
positive
What two things does an electric current need to work?
a conductor and a closed circuit
How do molecules in a warm object?
fast
What is the build-up of electrical charge?
Static Electricity
What is an atom?
A tiny particle that makes up everything in the world
What is an electric circuit?
the path of electricity
Does heat move from a cold object to a warm one or from a warm object to a cold one?
warm to cold - cooking pizza in an oven
What is the movement of electrons from one place to another?
Electricity
What are the three parts of an atom?
Proton, Electron, Neutron
What is an electric current?
the flow of electrons
slowly