Electric Charges
Particle that is gained or lost when an object is charged
What is an electron?
The "official" term for the wires in an electric circuit?
What are conductors or connectors?
Another name for battery
What is an electrical source?
Occurs when two neutral objects are rubbed together.
2 types of renewable energy sources
What is Solar, Wind, Geothermal, Hydro-electric energy?
The two laws of electric charges
What is..
1. opposite charges attract
2. like charges repel
If a circuit is correctly put together, a load will not operate if the circuit is
What is open?
Material that allows electricity to flow easily through it is called
What is a conductor?
The largest form of static electricity (think weather)
What is lightning?
2 sources of non-renewable energy
What is thermal generation by burning fossil fuels and nuclear fission?
An object has an equal amount of protons to electrons.
What is neutral charge?
The part of a circuit that controls the movement of electrons (whether they move or not)
What is a switch?
The instrument that measures electrical current
What is an ammeter?
What is charging by contact?
What are the 3 common "fossil fuels" burned?
What are coal, oil, natural gas?
An object has lost electrons to another object.
What is positively charged?
The 4 main parts of a circuit
What are a control device (switch), load, electrical source, and conductors?
The path that electricity follows called
What is a circuit?
When this happens to a charged object it becomes neutral
What is Grounding?
The large machines that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy
What is a generator?
The rapid removal or transfer of electrons from an object to another
What is discharge?
This device is used to measure the voltage in an electric circuit
What is a voltmeter?
The difference between a series circuit and a parallel circuit
What is...
Series: electrons only have one path to follow
Parallel: electrons have more than one path to follow
A negatively charged balloon and a neutral wall attract without touching, this is an example of..
What is charging by induction or induced charge separation?
The energy transformation of a light bulb
What is electrical energy --> light energy and thermal energy?