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Vocabulary
War of the Currents
Atoms
Currents
Circuits
100
Moving electrons
What is electricity
100
The War of the Currents was between these two men's ideas
Who are Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla
100
The smallest possible particle that has properties of a single element
What is an atom
100
Unit of measurement for electric current
What is ampere (Amps)
100
A path through which a current may flow
What is a circuit
200
the FORCE of attraction or repulsion between objects due to charge
What is electric force
200
The time period during which the War of the Currents occurred
What is the 1880s
200
the center of an atom
What is the nucleus
200
If you have two lamps plugged into the same wall socket, one with a 40 watt bulb and one with a 100 watt bulb, why is the 40 watt bulb not as bright?
Why is because there is more resistance in its filament
200
Of opened or closed, the type of circuit needed for current to flow.
What is a closed circuit
300
The area around a charged object in which other charged objects experience an electric force
What is the electric FIELD
300
Thomas Edison promoted this type of power for street lights
What is Direct Current (DC)
300
Most of an atom is this
What is empty space
300
The voltage of most electrical outlets in the USA
What is 120 volts
300
A device used to open or close a circuit
What is a switch
400
The rate (speed) of flow of electrons through a wire or other conductor
What is current
400
This type of power supply can be transported in high voltages and travel long distances.
What is Alternating Current (AC)
400
What circles around an atom's nucleus
What are electrons
400
Electrolytes
What are chemicals stored in a battery (or our bodies) that allow for the production of electrical energy
400
A circuit with a single path, so the same current flows through all of the components.
What is a series circuit
500
A path through which a current flows
What is a circuit
500
The winner of the War of the Currents
What is Nikola Tesla's AC power ideas
500
The subatomic particle that has no charge
What is a neutron
500
What causes electric current to flow between two points on a battery or conductor?
Potential electric difference
500
A circuit with more than one resistor and multiple paths for the current to move along
What is a parallel circuit