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100

Everything in the world is made up of what ultra-microscopic particles?

Atoms

100

Protons have what type of charge?

positive

100

What word means "the ability to make things change or to do work?"

energy

100

What component can be added to a circuit to allow someone to turn the power on and off?

a switch

100

True or False? It is very safe to mix electricity and water.

false - PLEASE don't EVER do that! It can be deadly.

200
What kind of charge does an electron have?
A negative charge.
200

What kind of charge does a neutron have?

A neutral charge.

200

True or False? An electromagnet is only a magnet when electric current is running through it.

true

200

What component can be added to a circuit to restrict or slow down electric current?

a resistor

200

Name an example of static electricity.

lightning

rubbing socks on carpet and shocking something

There are other possible examples.

300
What do unlike charges do?
Attract each other.
300

What do like charges do?

Repel each other.

300

Open or closed? What type of circuit will turn on a light bulb?

closed

300

What type of circuit allows current to flow in only one path?

series

300

The lights in the classroom are set up in what configuration, series or parallel?

parallel

400

Which type of circuit has more than one path for the current to travel.

a parallel circuit

400

When more wire is wrapped around a nail when creating an electromagnet, what does that do to the flow of current through the wire? Increases it, decreases it, or it will stay the same?

Increases it

400

What is an example of an insulator?

Several examples can be given.

400

What is the definition AND an example of a conductor (in our electricity unit)?

A material that current can pass through easily.

There are many examples of conductors. The teacher will decide if your answer is correct.

400

What is the name of the instrument for measuring electric current in amperes?

ammeter

500

When an electron moves to a different atom, it causes another electron to have to move. When electrons move quickly from one atom to another it makes _________.

electricity

electrical current

500

What is the definition AND an example of an insulator?

A material that current cannot pass through easily.

Many possible answers for an example of an insulator. Teacher will decide if it is correct.

500
True or False? There is more current in the wires that travel from the transformer in the street to your house than there is in the wires from a hydroelectric power plant to the transformer.

false

500

What does the Law of Conservation of Energy say?

Energy is not created or destroyed, it only transforms into different kinds of energy.
500

The south pole of a magnet will do what to a south pole of another magnet?

repel, push away from