Basics of Electricity
A form of energy resulting from the movement of electrons
What is electricity?
A material that allows charges to move freely within it.
What is a conductor?
The SI unit of electric charge.
What is the coulomb?
The two ends of a battery
What are terminals?
The force that holds atoms together.
What is the electric force?
Electrons can be transferred through _______ _____ or objects can be charged through _______
What is direct contact and friction?
A material that does not allow charges to move freely within it.
What is an insulator?
This is the SI Unit for potential difference.
What is a volt/voltage?
These convert chemical energy into electrical energy
What are batteries?
A form of electricity produced by friction.
What is static electricity?
Two ways that electricity can be produced.
What is lightning and a generator?
Name 3 examples of conductors
What are: copper, iron, gold, silver, aluminum, etc.
The SI Unit for Current
What is the ampere?
The voltage of a car battery.
What is 12 V?
The first people to discover electricity (static electricity).
Who were the Ancient Greeks?
______ _____ is an electric property of matter that creates electric and magnetic forces and interactions.
What is electric charge?
Name 3 materials that do not conduct electricity.
What are: glass, silk, wood, cardboard, etc.
A concept that shows what the direction of a current or magnetic field is.
What is the right hand rule/Lenz's law?
A solution in batteries that conducts electricity
What is an electrolyte?
The person that discovered there was electricity in lightning.
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
The two factors that affect the electric force
What is the distance and charge of objects?
A material that has zero resistance when conducting electricity.
What is a superconductor?
The three factors in Ohm's Law.
What is Voltage, Current, and Resistance? (or V = I x R, Voltage = Current x Resistance.)
The two types of cells in a battery.
The amount of protons in Iron atom.
What is 26 protons?