Electricity 5

Question 1

The flow of electrons is known as __________.

Answer 1

an electrical current

Question 2

What is the path than an electrical current takes called?

Answer 2

a circuit

Question 3

What type of circuit allows electrons to flow?

Answer 3

a closed circuit

Question 4

To stop the flow of electricity you must have what type of circuit?

Answer 4

an open circuit

Question 5

What is the flow of electricity called?

Answer 5

a current

Question 6

What is used to measure electricity?

Answer 6

Amperes and volts

Question 7

What is the number of electrons that flow through a place in one second called?

Answer 7

Amperes

Question 8

The measure of the force that pushes electrons through a circuit is the __________.

Answer 8

voltage

Question 9

What is the energy created by the flow of electrons called?

Answer 9

electricity

Question 10

What are the negatively charged particles of an atom called?

Answer 10

electrons

Question 11

Materials that allow electrons to flow through them are known as __________.

Answer 11

conductors

Question 12

Materials that do now allow electrons to flow through them are known as __________.

Answer 12

insulators

Question 13

What are good conductors?

Answer 13

metals

Question 14

What materials are good insulators?

Answer 14

rubber and plastic

Question 15

What kind of circuit has only one pathway for the current to pass through?

Answer 15

a series circuit

Question 16

What kind of circuit has two or more pathways for currents to pass through?

Answer 16

a parallel circuit

Question 17

What is the invisible push or pull force of some materials, such as lodestone, called?

Answer 17

magnetism

Question 18

What will opposite poles of a magnet do to each other?

Answer 18

attract each other

Question 19

The north pole of a magnet will repel what pole of another magnet?

Answer 19

the north pole

Question 20

What type of magnet is made by winding wire around an iron bar and connecting it to a battery?

Answer 20

an electromagnet

Question 21

The area of magnetism that runs from the north pole to the south pole of a magnet is known as __________.

Answer 21

a magnetic field

Question 22

What is the discharge of static electricity in the atmosphere called?

Answer 22

lightning

Question 23

When you rub two materials together, what could be formed?

Answer 23

static electricity

Question 24

What are iron, nickel, and cobalt?

Answer 24

metals

Question 25

What inventor discovered static electricity in nature through his famous kite experiment?

Answer 25

Benjamin Franklin

Question 26

What physicist discovered that magnets can create an electric current?

Answer 26

Michael Faraday

Question 27

Who used electrical energy as a power source for light bulbs?

Answer 27

Thomas Edison