Electricity
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Conductor | Allows electricity to flow
examples: metal, water
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| Insulator | Stops the flow of electricity
examples: rubber, paper
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| Lightning Rod | Extends from a building as a conductor to attract lightning - the house has a higher resistance
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| Static Charge | Buildup of electric charge in an object
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| Attract and Repel | Like charges repel - opposite charges attract
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| Magnet | An object that attracts other materials - such as iron and steel
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| Magnetic Domains | When it becomes magnetized, the fields all point in the same direction
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| Resistor | Slows the flow of the charge in a circuit
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| Fuses and Circuit Breakers | Open the circuit for safety reasons
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| Short circuit | Current follows the path of least resistance
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| Series circuit | Electricity follows one path...if one goes out, they all go out
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| Parallel circuit | Electricity follows more than one path...your home
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| Appliances | All appliances convert electrical energy into heat
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| Simple Circuit | Four main parts = switch, voltage source, electrical device, and conductor
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