Electricity Basics

What is electricity?

• Something that is in a wall outlet

• The flow of electrons

• What you use to make toast.

• Something that shocks you.

What are amps?

• A unit to measure resistance
• A unit to measure current
• A unit to measure volts
• An energy drink

What is static electricity?

• Electrical current that doesn't move
• Electrical current that flows backwards
• Electrons that never leave the atom.
• Excess charges built up on an object

What is current?

• The flow of protons
• The flow of neutrons
• The flow of electrons
• Water in a stream

What is a series circuit?

• Has only a switch and a light bulb
• Has more that 2 light bulbs.
• Has multiple paths for electrons to flow
• Has one path for electrons to flow.

What is a parallel circuit?

• Has only one path for electrons to flow.
• Has multiple paths for electrons to flow.
• Circuits that are side by side.
• Circuits that run parallel.

What is an electrical conductor?

• Something that allows the flow of electrons
• Something that prevents the flow of electrons
• Something that uses electrons to transform thermal energy into GPE.
• Someone in charge of the L train in Chicago

What is an electrical insulator?

• Something that speeds up the flow of electrons
• Something that you plug in the prevent energy from escaping.
• Something that slows down the flow of electrons
• Something that will not run on batteries.

What is resistance?

• A measure of how the flow of electrons is increased
• A measure of the flow of electrons
• Not wanting to do your work.
• A measure of how the flow of electrons is decreased.

What is voltage?

• A measure of resistance to electron flow.
• Related to the force that causes electrons to flow.
• How much power a battery has.
• The speed of electron flow.