TRANSFERRING ELECTRICITY

Similar electric charges will...

• attract

• repel

Materials that do NOT allow electricity to flow

through them are called...

• electric conductors

• electric insulators

• electric discharge

• resistor

When the electrons (charges) collect on one end of an object.

• static charge

• insulator

• conductor

• polarize

Materials that allow electricity to flow through them.

• transistor

• resistor

• electric conductor

• electric insulator

A spark or bolt of lightning are examples of...

• resistors

• electric discharges

• transistors

• electric insulators

Which one of these materials would NOT be an electric insulator?

• water

• plastic

• wood

• rubber

Providing a path for electric charges to flow away safely is called...

• insulating

• transferring

• grounding

• polarizing

Which of these materials would be an electric conductor?

• plastic

• human

• paper

• cloth

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-3

What are electric insulators used for?

• transferring electricity

• protecting humans from shock

• increasing the flow of charge

• changing the direction of the charges

True or False:

Electric charges can only flow through wire.

• TRUE

• FALSE