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Electricity

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  • What is a circuit?
    The path that electricity travels
  • What kind of circuit is this?
    Parallel
  • A solar panel is what type of circuit component?
    Power source
  • Electricity is...
    ... moving electrons
  • What is wrong with this circuit?
    It's a short circuit, electrons will not travel through the load.
  • What does a resistor do?
    Reduces (slows down) the amount of electricity travelling to a load
  • What are the four main components of a circuit?
    power source, wires, load, switch
  • What is a parallel circuit?
    A circuit where each load gets its own source of electrons.
  • Give an example of an insulator
    Rubber, plastic, glass, wood, etc.
  • What are the three parts of an atom?
    Protons, Neutrons, Electrons
  • What type of circuit component is a light bulb?
    load
  • What type of circuit is this?
    Series
  • Name a good conductor
    Copper, gold, aluminum, salt water, etc.
  • Electrons flow from ____ to ____
    from negative to positive
  • What type of circuit is this?