Inquiry Activity: Simple Electricity

In the Inquiry Activity: Simple Electricity which material was not needed.

• flashlight batteries

• wires

• switch

• scissors

When using one battery for the activity, were you able to light the bulb?

• The lightbulb light up.

• The lightbulb didn’t light up.

When you added another wire and another battery to the device, how did this affect the lightbulb?

• The lightbulb light up.

• The lightbulb didn’t light up.

Where is the energy coming from to make the device work?

• switch

• wires

• batteries

• lightbulb

What energy transfers have you observed in the activity?

• electrical, thermal, and light energy

• light energy, solar, and sound energy

• sound, thermal, and mechanical

• thermal, solar, and sound

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What are some uses of electricity?

• computers

• phone apps

• home appliances

• streetlights

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A material through which heat or electricity flows easily.

• conductor

• insulator

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A material that slows or stops the flow of energy, such as thermal energy, electricity, and sound.

• insulator

• conductor

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How is the flow of electric current similar to the flow of water in a hose? (page 315 of the Science Handbook)

• light flows in a wire in a way similar to water flowing through a hose.

• Electric charge flows in a wire in a way similar to water flowing through a hose.

• water flows in a wire in a way similar to water flowing through a hose.

• battery flows in a wire in a way similar to water flowing through a hose.

An object in an electrical circuit that resists the flow of electrons (page 314 of the Science Handbook)

• resistor

• switch

• battery

• lighbulb