Electricity
Electric Current
Electric Circuits
Magnets
Miscellaneous
100

 A positive charge

What is a proton?


100

The rate of flow of electrical charges

What is electric current?


100

Complete closed path through which electricity can flow.

What is a circuit?


100

Any object that attracts iron or objects that are made of iron

What is a magnet?


100

When the materials domains line up, the material becomes magnetic.

What is a temporary magnet?


200

The buildup of electric charges on an object.

What is static electricity?


200

Amperes(Amps)

What are the units for electrical current?


200

Light Bulb

What is an example of a load?


200

The ends of a magnet

What are the magnetic poles?


200
So it can stay in orbit with the sun
Why does the Earth have a magnetic field?


300

A material in which charges cannot move freely.

What is an electrical insulator?


300

This current always moves in one direction

What is direct current?


300

The device that opens and closes an electric circuit at will

What is a switch?


300

A group of atoms where the south and north poles line up to make a strong magnetic field.

What is a domain?


300

The information in a digital signal that is represented by a pattern

What is binary code?


400

The charge transfers to another object

What happens when the charge is lost by an object?









400

Ohms

What is resistance expressed in?

400
If one load burns out all of the others will still work.
What is a characteristic of a parallel circuit?


400

A material that can be turned into a magnet.

What is a Ferromagnet?


400

A single, tiny chip of specially treated silicon containing many circuit parts

What is an integrated circuit?


500

Silicon

What is an example of a semiconductor?


500

Material Composition, Thickness of a Wire, Length, Temp

What are four factors that affect resistance?


500

GFCI's, Fuses, and Circuit Breakers

What is an example of safety features in an electrical circuit


500

Something that is used while traveling and is a magnet.

What is a compass.


500

A 1 is encoded as a _____ in binary code

What is a pulse?