Study Jams Electricity

What is a circuit?

• an outlet or switch

• a path which an electric current flows

• a poor conductor

What is an electric current? 

• the flow of electricity 

• electricity moving in only one direction

• a switch that gives power

What is a switch? 

• part of the toaster that you plug into the wall

• an outlet that gives power

• part of a circuit that starts or stops the electricity

A conductor is ____________

• something that allows electric current to flow easily

• something that limits the flow of electricity

Electricity that flows constantly in one direction on a given path.

• current electricity

• static electricity

• electron pathway

• conductor

What type of energy transformation occurs in a battery-powered flashlight?

• Chemical to Electrical to Light

• Electrical to Chemical to Light

• Light to Chemical to Electrical

• Chemical to Light to Electrical

Electrical energy can make heat energy. 

• True

• False

A __________ is good at conducting electricity

• conductor

• resistor

• circuit

A _____________ limits the flow of electricity 

• resistor

• conductor

• circuit

The flow of electricity goes from _______________ to ___________ in a battery.

• Negative to Positive

• Positive to Negative

• Positive to Positive

• Negative to Negative