Thermal Conductors and Insulators

Something electricity can't move through is called a(n) ______.

• conductor

• wire

• shoe

• insulator

Rubber is a insulator.

• true

• false

What are insulators?  

• A conductor is a material that allows electric charge to move through it as an electric current. Usually the charge is carried by electrons, and the conductor is a metal.

• An object that is really, really, really, and I mean really truely, awesome.

• A material or an object that does not easily allow heat, electricity, light, or sound to pass through it. Air, cloth and rubber are good electrical insulators; feathers and wool make good thermal insulators. Compare conductor.

What is a example of a conductor?

• wood 

• metal

• rubber

• rock

What is a example of a insulator?

• metal 

• rubber

• water

What would do this aluminum pot to thermal and electrical energy?

• Conductor

• Insulator

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How will this object behave when it is exposed to thermal or electrical energy?

• Insulator

• Conductor

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How would this object behave when it is exposed to thermal or electrical energy?

• Insulator

• More dense

• Conductor

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How will the penny behave when it is exposed to thermal or electrical energy?

• Conductor

• Insulator

• More dense

• Not magnetic

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How will the book behave when it is exposed to thermal or electrical energy?

• Conductor

• Insulator

• Less dense

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