Electricity Vocabulary QUIZ
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- Q1Select the word that is related to the movement of charged particles. It can come from batteries. Most of it comes from power plants that burn fuels to make electricity that can be sent through wires to homes and businesses.static energyelectrical energycircuit energygenerator energy45s
- Q2a battery that changes chemical energy into electrical energy.open cellclosed celldry cellwet cell45s
- Q3an instrument used to measure the unit used to measure the number of electrical charges that flow past a certain point in one secondfuseswitchgeneratorammeter45s
- Q4electrical charge that is shown a plus sign (+)positivenegative45s
- Q5a discharge of static electricity from a huge cloud called a thundercloudswitchfuselightningcircuit breaker45s
- Q6a type of circuit in which electricity can flow in two ways -- each object is connected to the cell separatelyopen circuitparallel circuitclosed circuitseries45s
- Q7the unit used to measure the number of electrical charges that flow past a certain point in one secondnegativespositivesampsinsulators45s
- Q8electrical charge that is shown as a minus sign (-)negativepositive45s
- Q9a material through which heat or electricity flows easilyconductorinsulatorampammeter45s
- Q10a circuit with gaps and breaks (an incomplete path so current electricity will not flow through)parallel circuitopen circuitseries circuitclosed circuit45s
- Q11a type of circuit in which electricity can flow in only one way; a single pathclosed circuitseries circuitopen circuitparallel circuit45s
- Q12a material through which electricity does not flow easilyconductornegativeammeterinsulator45s
- Q13a device that creates alternating current by spinning an electric coil between the poles of a powerful magnet.static electricitygeneratoropen series circuitclosed parallel circuit45s
- Q14a reusable switch that protects circuits from dangerously high currents; most buildings and houses have a box that contains many of these in one placeopen circuitcircuit breakerfuseswitch45s
- Q15What is the name of the device that keeps too much electricity from flowing through wires? This device is NOT reusable. It has to be replaced once it is used.circuit breakeropen circuitfuseswitch45s