5th gr Electricity Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
What is a parallel circuit? | circuit with more than one path for electrons to follow |
What is an Alternating current? | electrons alternate which direction they are flowing (outlets) |
What is Direct Current? | electrons flow in only one direction from negative to positive (batteries) |
What is GFCI outlet? | special outlet with a safety switch that instantly switches off in a dangerous situation to prevent shock |
What is electric current? | the steady flow of electrons usually in a wire |
what is a circuit? | a path in which electricity can flow |
what is a switch? | an object that opens or closes in a circuit |
what is a series circuit? | a circuit with one path for electrons to flow |
what is a generator? | a device that uses a magnet to change mechanical energy into electrical energy |
what is electrical energy? | the movement or flow of electrons |
What is a conductor? | an object that allows energy to flow through it |
What is a closed circuit? | a circuit that electric currents flow through |
What is an insulator? | an object that does NOT allow energy to flow through it |
What is lightening | a giant spark of electric charges moving between a cloud and the ground |
What is radiant energy | light xrays, gamma rays and radio waves |
What is sound | when a force causes an object or substance to vibrate |
What is thermal energy | the vibration of and movement of atoms and molecules of a substance |
what is energy | the ability to do work or change matter |
what is an open circuit | a circuit that electric current cannot flow through |
What is kinetic energy | the energy of motion |
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