Terms
A material that allows electric current to flow through it.
What is a conductor?
Electrical energy is based on the ability of atoms to lose or gain these particles.
What are electrons?
Never stick an object other than a plug into these.
What are electrical outlets?
Electrical energy will flow through this kind of circuit.
What is a closed circuit?
A material that does not allow electric current to flow through it.
Electrons do not move in this kind of electricity.
What is static electricity?
Avoid using electrical appliances while standing in this.
What is water?
Electrical energy will not flow through this kind of circuit.
What is an open circuit?
It opens and closes a circuit.
What is a switch?
Electrons move in this kind of electricity.
What is electric current?
The outer covering of an electric wire which keeps us from getting electrocuted is called this.
What is an insulator?
A spot where electric current is prevented from reaching an appliance.
What is a short circuit?
A charged atom.
What is an ion?
Opposite charges do this to one another.
What is attract?
Never use appliances with __________ wires or _________ outer coverings.
What is exposed and frayed?
Have parts connected in a single loop.
What is a series circuit?
A positively charged object sticks to a negatively charged object.
What is static cling?
Atoms with the same charge will do this to each other.
What is repel?
Never stick a _________ into an _____________ that is _________ ___.
What is utensil, appliance, plugged in?
Have parts connected with many paths.
What is a parallel circuit?