Electricity

How can you make a balloon electrically charged?

• shake it

• rub it

• connect it to a battery

What will 2 balloons do after you have rubbed both of them and each is electrically charged?

• attract

• repel

• none of these

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what term means push away

• repel

• attract

• electrocute

In a circuit what is the source of the electrical current?

• battery

• bulb

• wire

Think about a circuit. What RECEIVES the electrical current?

• battery

• the wire

• light bulb

Think about a simple circuit with a wire, battery, and bulb. Where is the insulator?

• metal wire

• base of bulb

• glass of bulb

Think about a circuit. What opens or closes the flow of electrical current?

• wire

• switch

• receiver

• lightbuld

Negative charges that create electricity are called

• protons

• electrons

• neutrons

• atoms

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what is the flow of electric charges or electrons called

• static electricity

• electric current

• lightning

• short circuit

What type of circuit is dangerous and can cause a battery to overheat

• closed circuit

• open circuit

• short circuit