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Vocabulary I
Vocabulary II
Electrical Charge
Electrical Energy
Electrical Current
100
I am a build up of electrical charges on an object.
What is static electricity?
100
I am an electrical tool that switches off an electrical currnt that gets too hot.
What is a circuit breaker?
100
What are the two kinds of electrical charges?
positive and negative charges
100
Three forms of energy are?
heat, motion, light, electrical
100
When there is an open circuit, the electricity...?
Cannot flow
200
I am the path of an electric current
What is a circuit?
200
I am an electrical tool that melts to open a circuit if the electrical current gets too high.
What is a fuse?
200
This is what happens when two negative charges are brought together.
repel
200
Electrical energy is produced where?
a power plant
200
in series circuits, electricity flows in a _______ path.
single
300
I am the measure of how strong a battery or any other power source is.
What is voltage?
300
I am a material that lets charges flow through it easily.
What is a conductor?
300
When two objects are made up of the same number of positive and negative charges, they are said to be...
neutral
300
I am an electric tool which can change the voltage.
What is a transformer
300
What results from removing one bulb from a series circuit?
The electric current stops flowing, nothing will work
400
I am a circuit in which the electricial charges flow through a single path.
What is a series circuit?
400
I happen when there is a sudden movement of eletrical charges from one object and they are built up to another object.
What is a discharge?
400
All particles are made up of?
electrical charges
400
Immediately after leaving the power plant, the transformer increases or decreases the voltage?
increases
400
Why are parallel circuits good to have?
Electric current flows through multiple paths.
500
I am a material that does not let electric charges flow though it easily.
What is an insulator?
500
I am the result of static electricity and a discharge between either, a cloud and the ground, two clouds, or two oppositely charged parts of a cloud.
What is lightning?
500
In order to attract each other, the charges must be?
one positive and one negative
500
washing machines require which type of energy?
motion
500
What is a short circuit?
When all the electric current flows through one short path causing overheathing in wires and possibly start a fire.