Electricity

Which material would be most likely to COLLECT electrons and produce static electricity?

• wool

• carpet

• rubber

Static electricity is...

• very dangerous

• a sudden, single transfer of electrons

• a steady flow of current through a wire

Which insulator would most likely GIVE UP electrons in the process of producing static electrcity?

• carpet

• rubber balloons

• show soles

The positive terminal on a battery is called the

• anode

• collector

• cathode

• electrolyte

The negative terminal on a battery is called the

• anode

• cathode

• collector

• electrolyte

TRUE / FALSE: A battery does not generate electricity, it converts it from chemical potential energy.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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A steady flow of electrons

• circuit

• current

• discharge

• oxidation

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Who built the first battery?

• Sir Humphry Davy

• Mrs. Brooks

• Alessandro Volta

• Luigi Galvani

Which two elements were electrodes in the "voltaic pile" battery?

• sodium and zinc

• sodium and potassium

• copper and potassium

• copper and zinc

A device containing an electric cell (or a series of electric cells) storing energy that can be converted into electric power

• capacitor

• battery

• resisitor

• ammeter

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