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Definitions/Safety
Static Electricity
Circuits
Experiment From Tuesday
Wild Card
100
What should you do with your sleeves during an experiment?
What is roll them up
100
Opposite charges...
What is attract
100
The three things required to have a complete circuit are...
What is a battery, wires and a light bulb.
100
A metal fork and copper wire are examples of what?
What is a conductor
100
Describe what happens to your hair when we rub a balloon against it.
What is it stands up, the electrons are trying to move away from each other so the hair separates.
200
If you find an unknown substance in the lab, what should you do with it?
What is give it to the teacher/do not drink it
200
Like charges...
What is repel
200
What is the name of the device that powers a circuit?
What is a battery
200
An eraser, rubber band and plastic straw are all examples of what?
What is an insulator
200
The term ___________ refers to electricity that is produced by the flow of electrons along a pathway.
What is current electricity.
300
What is a series circuit?
What is a circuit with only one pathway for the electrons to flow
300
Protons have a _____ charge
What is positive
300
You can control the flow of electrons in a circuit using a device called a _______.
What is a switch
300
The orange was a...?
What is insulator (should have been a conductor)
300
Describe what happens to the light bulbs in a SERIES circuit when we add more light bulbs.
What is they become more dim or have less power
400
Tiny building blocks that make up everything around you
What is atoms
400
Electrons have a _______ charge
What is negative
400
The amount of power a battery has is measured in _______.
What is volts.
400
Explain reasons why the orange and potato did not work as conductors even though they should have
What is the battery not being powerful enough, not enough juice in the orange, light bulb isn't strong enough etc.
400
This type of circuit has more than one pathway for the electrons to flow.
What is a parallel circuit.
500
The flow of electrons is called an ______
What is an electric current
500
What is the centre of an atom called
What is the nucleus
500
A battery produces electric current that flows in one direction only. This is called _______.
What is direct current
500
Explain what parts of the pencil were conductors and which parts were insulators
What is the lead was a conductor and the wood was an insulator
500
Why are electrical wires coated in rubber?
What is for safety reasons. Rubber does not conduct electricity so therefore you can touch the wires.