Circuits
The path taken by an electric current.
What is a circuit?
This allows electricity to pass through, does not block the pathway.
What is a conductor?
Name someone who contributed to electricity.
Who was Michael Faraday, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Edison?
Electricity can be turned into this.
What is radiant, mechanical, and thermal energy?
These are the poles of a magnet.
What are the North and South Poles?
This type of circuit prevents the movement of electrical energy.
What is an open circuit?
This blocks the flow of electricity, because it does not allow energy to pass through.
What is a insulator?
Michael Faraday contributed this.
What is electromagnetism/electromagnet?
Examples of thermal energy.
What are toasters, ovens, microwaves, kettles, and candles?
Lines of force extend from the__________.
What are the poles on a magnet?
In this, there is one path for electricity to flow through. When one bulb goes out, all the others go out as well.
What is a series circuit?
Name a common insulator.
What are plastic, glass, air, wood, and rubber?
Benjamin Franklin found this out.
What is lightning is electricity/static electricity?
Meanings of thermal, mechanical, and radiant energy.
What is heat is thermal, mechanical means moving, and radiant means light?
A current flowing through a wire creates this.
What is a magnetic field?
This doesn't prevent electricity's movement in a circuit.
What is a closed circuit?
Name a common conductor.
What are copper, gold, iron, and any product made up of them?
Thomas Edison improved this.
What is the light bulb?
Examples of radiant energy.
What are lamps, oven lights, electronics, street lights, traffic lights and candles?
A moving magnetic field creates this.
What is an electric current?
This has multiple paths for electricity to flow through. When one bulb goes out, the others stay lit.
What is a parallel circuit?
This depends on the materials resistance.
What is how much energy flows through?
He used a kite and a key to figure out if lightning was electricity.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
What are examples of mechanical energy.
What are bikes, trains, cars, motorcycles, scooters, and music boxes?
Electric current creates this.
What is a magnetic field?