Chapter 3: Electricity

What happens when positive and negative charges no longer balance?

• Electrical energy

• Static electricity

• Electric current

• Conductor

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What are materials called that allow electric current to move easily through them?

• Insulators

• Conductors

• Resistors

• Switches

What is a material called that does not allow electric current to move easily through it?

• Conductor

• Insulator

• Resistor

• Switch

What must electric charges complete for a current to flow?

• A loop

• A break

• A gap

• A switch

What is a circuit called if it has at least one break?

• Closed

• Open

• Series

• Parallel

What happens if one loop in a parallel circuit is broken?

• The current stops

• The current will still flow through the other loops

• The circuit becomes open

• The circuit becomes closed

What can energy do?

• Be made or destroyed

• Transform or change form

• Only be lost

• Only be created

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What is given off as a result of friction?

• Light

• Sound

• Heat

• Electricity

What do most resistors transform electrical energy into?

• Sound and light

• Heat and light

• Motion and sound

• Heat and motion

What happens to the filament in a light bulb when it gets very hot?

• It melts

• It glows

• It breaks

• It cools down