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5thGradeElectricity
Study Guide Electricity and Circuits
Question | Answer |
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When does grounding occur? | When a conductor shares its excess charge with a much larger conductor. |
What is a circuit? | Electric current passes through an unbroken path of conductors. |
An object in an electrical circuit that resists the flow of electrons. | Resistor |
A flashlight is a circuit with batteries to supply voltage. What is the bulb? | Resistor |
A device that can open or close the path of a circuit. | Switch |
A flow of electricity through a conductor. | Electric Current |
When two objects rub against each other, electrons are sometimes knocked off one object and onto another. This natural electricity is called. | Static Electricity |
Name 3 good conductors of electricity? | Nails, copper, paperclips, |
Electrical current can be converted into what forms of energy? | Heat, Light, Sound, and Magnetism |
How do you complete a circuit? | Source of energy from battery moves through wire to the light bulb to the wire back to the battery. |
What kind of circuit has only one path through which electricity can flow? | Series Circuit |
What kind of circuit has more than one path through which electricity can flow? | Parallel Circuit |
What kind of materials do not allow materials to pass through them? | Insulators |
What kind of materials allow electricity to pass through them? | Conductors |
What is a constant flow of negative charges? | Electric Current |
What kind of switch opens if the circuit overloads? | Circuit Breaker |