Electricity Termanology

Question 1

Electric current is defined as

Answer 1

The flow of charge which transfers energy around a circuit.

Question 2

Electricity is the flow of _________.

Answer 2

Electrons

Question 3

What are the two types of electricity?

Answer 3

Static and current

Question 4

Which is an example of how we use electricity?

Answer 4

Light bulb

Question 5

What are facts about electricity

Answer 5

It could be our best friend and our worst enemy (because it has the power to kill)

Question 6

Lightning is an example of _________.

Answer 6

static electricity

Question 7

Identify the conductor below.
- cloth rag
- plastic bottle
- gold ring
- wooden Ruler

Answer 7

gold ring

Question 8

Identify the insulator below.
- aluminum foil
- paperclip
- rubber eraser
- strip of silicon

Answer 8

rubber eraser

Question 9

In a series circuit, how is the brightness of a light globe affected when another globe is connected?

Answer 9

It gets dimmer

Question 10

Why are Christmas lights wired in parallel?

Answer 10

If a light breaks, the others keep working

Question 11

A circuit that is connected to Earth is said to be _____.

Answer 11

grounded

Question 12

What is voltage measured in?

Answer 12

Volts

Question 13

What is current measured in?

Answer 13

Amps

Question 14

What is resistance measured in?

Answer 14

Ohms

Question 15

What is static electricity?

Answer 15

Static electricity is the result of an imbalance between negative and positive charges in an object. Usually caused by friction.

Question 16

Opposite charges ———.

Answer 16

Attract

Question 17

Like charges ———-.

Answer 17

Repel

Question 18

What charge does an electron have?

Answer 18

Negative

Question 19

What is an Earthquake?

Answer 19

An earthquake is an event in which the earth suddenly shakes trembles or rocks.

Question 20

What is a plate tectonic?

Answer 20

Are the top layers of the earth called the crust and the mantle are broken into large pieces or plates

Question 21

What is a Fault?

Answer 21

Places where these plates meet are called faults and are where most earthquakes occur this is because tectonic plates move very slowly at a rate of about one to two inches per year

Question 22

What is a Focus?

Answer 22

The place where the earthquake is actually generated is often hundreds of feet below the surface .

Question 23

What is a epicentre?

Answer 23

The point on the surface of the earth directly above the focus is called its epicentre and usually is where the earthquake is the strongest and where most damage occurs

Question 24

What is a seismologist?

Answer 24

Scientists who study and try to predict earthquakes

Question 25

What is a seismograph?

Answer 25

Measures and records details of earthquakes, such as force and duration.

Question 26

What is a Richter scale?

Answer 26

Scale to compare size of earthquakes.