Conduction of Electricity

Question 1

What is electric current?

Answer 1

The flow of charge around a complete circuit.

Question 2

What stores does the electric current transfer through?

Answer 2

The electric current transfers energy from the chemical store of the battery to the thermal store of the light bulb.

Question 3

What material are most conductors?

Answer 3

Most conductors are metal and all metals are conductors.

Question 4

What are some examples of non-metal conductors?

Answer 4

Salt, Graphite and Carbon.

Question 5

What does the inside of a wire look like?

Answer 5

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but with more o everywhere because its a solid

Question 6

Can electrons move?

Answer 6

Free electrons can move through the circuit. This is a flow of charge.

Question 7

Pick a word: The more/less free electrons, the better/worse the conductor

Answer 7

The more free electrons, the better the conductor.
or
The less free electrons, the worse the conductor.

Question 8

What does an ammeter do?

Answer 8

Measures the electric current in the circuit. Current is the charge flowing past a point every second