Safety
What is a safety recommendation involving water.
Electricity and water do not mix. Do not have any chargers near the sink or bathtub.
What is a material that does not allow electricity to flow through it easily called?
What is an insulator
In static electricity, when both objects have the same charge and are brought together they will
What should you do if you see lightning while playing baseball?
Name an electrical device commonly used at home that fulfills the human need for light.
What is a light bulb
When creating a circuit, which side of the battery should you hook up last?
What is the negative side of the battery.
What is the purpose of a switch in an electrical circuit?
What is to control the flow of electricity by opening or closing the circuit?
What type of charge do negatively charged materials have that allows them to attract positively charged materials?
What is a negative charge?
What should you do if you are caught outside during a thunderstorm to stay safe from lightning?
What is to seek shelter indoors or in a car? Or squat low to avoid major damage to your organs.
What device can create a magnetic field when an electric current passes through it?
What is an electromagnet?
What is the suit linemen wear when working on hydro lines?
What is a Faraday Suit
In a simple series circuit, what happens to the brightness of the bulbs if more bulbs are added?
What is the brightness decreases?
What is a Positive Charge
This type of lightning travels along the ground in a storm.
What is indirect lightning.
What is one factor that affects the consumption of electrical energy in homes?
What is the number of electrical devices in use?
What should you always do before performing maintenance on an electrical device?
What is to unplug the device?
In a parallel circuit, what happens to the other bulbs if one bulb burns out?
What is the other bulbs remain lit?
What is electrons?
What is the temperature of a lightning bolt compared to the surface of the sun?
What is hotter than the surface of the sun, reaching about 30,000 degrees Fahrenheit (16,600 degrees Celsius)?
Name a renewable energy source.
What is a wind turbine, hydro dam, solar panels, electric vehicles
When using extension cords, what TWO safety measure should you take?
What is to avoid overloading the cord with too many devices and throwing away broken cords. Or don't run cords under rugs/furniture.
What happens to the total resistance in a series circuit when more resistors are added?
What is the total resistance increases?
This type of electricity moves along a path and receives power from a power source.
What is current electricity.
What is a lightning rod?
What are the two major sources of electrical energy?
What are chemical sources (like batteries) and electromagnetic sources (like wind turbines)?