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Vocabulary
What is electricity?
Electricity & Magnetism
Electricity Sources
How Electricity gets to our homes
100
Material that lets electricity travel through it easily.
What is a conductor?
100
A path that has only one way for a current of electricity to flow.
What is a series circuit?
100

Made with a coil of wire and a magnet.

What is an electric generator? or What is an electromagnet?

100
Dams produce this kind of power using water.
What is hydroelectic power?
100

This is where power sources like coal, natural gas, wind, etc. are converted into electrical energy. You find turbines and generators in these big places.

What is a power plant?

200

A machine that produces an electric current. Is it a generator or a fan?

What is a generator?

200
Copper is a good conductor of this.
What is electricity?
200

A temporary magnet. We tried to make one in class but it didn't work very well but we watched lots of videos about them.

What is an electromagnet?

200

The energy of motion. Huge hint it starts with a k.  Is it Kinetic energy or Mechanical energy?

What is kinetic energy?

200

Transformers raise the pressure of the electricity so it can ________ long distances.

What is travel?

300
A path that has more than one way an electric current can flow.
What is a parallel circuit?
300

A stream of electrons moving through a copper wire.

What is current electricity? or What is a circuit?

300
An object that attracts iron.
What is a magnet?
300
Distribution lines or power lines are either above or ________ ground.

What is below?

400

An electrical charge that builds up in an object.  We used cheerios to demonstrate this.

What is static electricity?

400
This does not carry electricity easily.
What is an insulator?
400
The number of poles a magnet has.
What is two?
400

From the transformer pole or box, the electricity is now ready to ____________ to your home into a service box.

What is travel?

500

Changes electrical energy to mechanical energy. We will start to use this next week- is it a motor or a fan?

What is a motor?

500
It is what moving magnets make.
What is an electric current?
500
Oil, coal, and natural gas.
What are fossil fuels?
500

On the service box you have an electric meter.  Now you are ready to...

What is have power/electricity in your home?