Week 1 - Electricity Basics

The flow of electric charges is

• voltage

• current

• resistance

• electricity

How is electricity generated in a battery?

• through a solar reaction
• through kinetic energy
• by a chemical reaction
• by the flow of particles

When socks get stuck to towels in your dryer, this is an example of________________

• current electricity
• static electricity

True or False, Lighting is a form of static electricity.

• True
• False

What is electricity?

• A zap from friction
• A thunderbolt thrown by Zeus
• Moving electrons
• Energy from the air

Which on the following is NOT an example of an insulator.

• Rubber
• Glass
• Penny 
• Wood

A closed path that electric current flows through is a

• circuit

• wire

• track

• hallway

What is lightning?

• the flow of electric charges

• the build-up of an electrical charge on clouds

• the opposition of current flow.

• Something that happens when Zeus gets mad!

Electricity is the flow of...

• Electrons

• Protons

• Atoms

• Neutrons

What materials allows all electrons to flow through them

• Rubber

• Insulators

• Conductors

• Resistors