WHAT IS ELECTRICITY?
CONDUCTORS AND INSULATORS
Circuits
Vocabulary
Potential/Kinetic Energy
100
The part of the atom that makes energy flow.
What is electron?
100
What is an insulator?
An insulator is an object that does not allow electricity to travel through it.
100
What is a proton?
A proton is a positively charged part of an atom.
100
This is a complete circular path that electricity flows through.
What is a circuit?
100
A roller coaster at the top of a hill.
What is potential?
200
This is the kind of energy that uses battery power.
What is mechanical?
200
What is a conductor?
A conductor is an object that allows electricity to pass through it.
200
This is used to control the flow of electricity in a circuit.
What is a switch?
200
Give an example of convection in real life.
What is water boiling, the water cycle, hot air balloon rising etc.
200
A ball being hit by a bat.
What is kinetic?
300
What does student 1 need to do to get the circuit to work?
What is close the switch?
300
If you replace the metal nail in a circuit with an unknown material, what evidence would prove that the material is an insulator?
What is the light will not light up.?
300
What type of circuit is this?
What is series circuit?
300
This heat transfer is transmitted through electromagnetic waves.
What is radiation?
300
True or false?
Energy can be transferred to other objects.
What is true?
400
Name the 2 types of electricity.
What is static and current?
400
Name three objects that conduct electricity.
Ms. Kearns will check.
400
Name the type of circuit?
What is parallel circuit?
400
This is the energy held by an object.
What is potential energy?
400
This is the place on a roller coaster that will have the most potential energy.
What is on top of a hill?
500
Double Jeopardy
Name 3 different kinds of energy.
What is thermal, light and sound?
500
Name three insulators.
What are wood, rubber, and most plastics?
500
In which picture will the light be the brightest, the right or left picture?
What is right?
500
Define energy.
What is the ability to do work?
500
Double Jeopardy
Name 2 examples of Kinetic Energy and 2 examples of Potential Energy.
Ms. Kearns will check.