Conductors

Question 1

what is an electrical insulator?

Answer 1

• material that doesn’t allow flow of charge to go through it
• plastic/glass

Question 2

what is an electrical conductor?

Answer 2

• material that allows flow of electric charges to go through it
• metal

Question 3

what are 3 properties of electrical insulators?

Answer 3

• has no free electrons
• no charges free to move
• doesn’t carry current

Question 4

what are 3 properties of electrical conductors?

Answer 4

• has free charges
• can carry current
• has free electrons