Electric Eel
Energy caused by moving electrical charges?
a. Electrical Energy
b. Static Electricity
c. Conductor
a. Electrical Energy
The transfer of negatively charged particles between materials (for example, rubbing a balloon against your hair or going down a slide)?
Static electricity
How can you make a simple electromagnet?
a. Wooden box and wire
b. Battery, light bulb and wire
c. Iron nail, wire and a battery
c. Iron nail, wire and a battery
Conductor or Insulator?
Rubber
Insulator!
A bicycle is an example of:
a. thermal energy
b. static electricity
c. mechanical energy
A continuous flow of electrical energy creates an...
a. insulator
b. electrical current
c. simple circuit
b. electrical current
Prevents the flow of electrical energy. There is a break somewhere in the circuit, so a light bulb will not light.
a. Open Circuit c. Conductor
b. Closed Circuit
a. Open Circuit
A system of different components that allow electrical energy to flow.
a. Static electricity
b. Conductor
c. Circuit
c. Circuit
Conductor or Insulator?
Copper
Conductor!
A microwave transforms electrical energy into:
a. mechanical energy
b. static electricity
c. thermal energy
c. thermal energy
True or false, we use current electricity every day to power buildings and homes?
True!
How can you create a simple circuit?
a. A wire and a rubber tire
b. A wooden box and wire
c. A lightbulb, battery and wire
c. A lightbulb, battery and wire
True or false?
Some objects can be both conductors and insulators?
True!
Depending on what part of the object you connect to the circuit. Example: Hammer - head is metal and is a conductor, handle is wood and is an insulator.
Conductor or Insulator?
Plastic
Insulator!
A toaster transforms electrical energy into:
a. an electromagnet
b. radiant energy
c. thermal energy
c. thermal energy
A pathway taken by an electric current?
a. Circuit
b. Electrical Energy
c. Insulator
Circuit
Materials that do NOT allow electricity to flow through them?
a. Conductors
b. Closed Circuit
c. Insulators
Insulators
A current flowing through a wire that creates a magnetic field.
a. Static electricity
b. Electromagnet
c. Thermal Energy
b. Electromagnet
Conductor or Insulator?
Iron
Conductor
A lamp transforms electrical energy into:
a. radiant energy
b. static electricity
c. an open circuit
a. radiant energy
Allows the flow of electrical energy. Everything in the circuit is connected in a continues path, so the bulb will light.
a. Closed Circuit c. Insulator
b. Conductor
a. Closed circuit
What are the 3 energy transformations?
a. Conductors, Insulators and Circuits
b. Static electricity, electromagnet, electrical energy
c. Thermal, radiant and mechanical
c. Thermal, radiant and mechanical.
Materials that allow electricity to flow through them.
a. Conductors
b. Insulators
c. Static electricity
a. Conductors
Conductor or Insulator?
Aluminum
Conductor!
A fan transforms electrical energy into:
a. static electricity
b. an electromagnet
c. mechanical energy