Conductors and Insulators

Front

Why are metals useful for making electrical wire?

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Metals are conductors.

Front

Which is NOT an insulator: Wool, Plastic, Copper, Glass?

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Copper

Front

Something electricity can't move through is called a(n) ______.

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insulator

Front

What is an example of a conductor? wood, metal, rubber, rock

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metal

Front

What is an example of an insulator? Options: metal, rubber, water

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rubber

Front

Water is a insulator.

Back

False

Front

Rubber is a insulator.

Back

true

Front

What are Conductors?

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A conductor is a material that allows electric charge to move through it as an electric current. Usually the charge is carried by electrons, and the conductor is a metal.

Front

What are insulators?

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A material or an object that does not easily allow heat, electricity, light, or sound to pass through it. Air, cloth and rubber are good electrical insulators; feathers and wool make good thermal insulators. Compare conductor.

Front

An insulator does not let energy flow through easily.

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True