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ELECTRICITY. What is static electricity?. The buildup of electrical charge on a material. Describe what would happen in each picture and why:. + + + +. + + + +. + + + +. + + + +. + + + +. - - - - -. + + + +. - - - - -.
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What is static electricity? The buildup of electrical charge on a material
Describe what would happen in each picture and why: + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + - - - - - + + + + - - - - -
What do we call the sudden movement of an electric charge from the object where it is built up onto another nearby object? Discharge
What causes lightning? Water and ice rub together to build up an electrical charge. The static electricity is discharged from the thundercloud as lightning.
What is the difference between a conductor and an insulator?
What is a circuit? The path that electricity flows through
What do we call electricity that flows through a circuit? Current electricity
What controls the current in a circuit? The switch
What is a battery and what does it do in a circuit? A battery is a portable form of electricity. It can be used as the source of electricity in a circuit.
Series circuit or parallel circuit? What is the difference between them?
What can electricity be transformed into? What are some examples?
Who invented the light bulb? Thomas Edison (“The Wizard of Menlo Park”)
What was Benjamin Franklin’s famous experiment with electricity? What did he discover?
Who developed a formula for describing voltage differences? Michael Faraday
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