Electricity

Front

What is electricity?

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energy created by moving charged particles

Front

Which of the following is an insulator? an eraser, a wire, a penny, a metal spoon

Back

an eraser

Front

Which of the following is a conductor? wood, rubber, metal, plastic

Back

metal

Front

This picture shows a circuit that is

Back

open

Front

What kind of electricity is natural (example: lightning)?

Back

static electricity

Front

What is the purpose of a fuse?

Back

to break the circuit and turn the power off if there is too much power being run

Front

Does a parallel circuit have more than one path for electricity to flow?

Back

true

Front

Imagine you are creating a circuit. It works and the light bulb turns on. Then you add a piece of plastic to the circuit, and the light bulb does not turn on. We can infer that the plastic is

Back

an insulator

Front

If the light bulb turns ON in a circuit, that means the circuit is:
- open
- closed

Back

closed

Front

Items that have the same charge will do what?

Back

repel