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| What kind of electricity works in your home or when you hook up a circuit with batteries? | Current electricity |
| When electricity is turned on, the current flows through a ____. | Circuit |
| What kind of electricity was the first to be discovered? | Static electricity |
| ____ electricity is seen as a spark after objects rub against each other. | Static |
| ____ is the flow of electric charge or the flow of electrons in a wire. | Electric current |
| What do we call materials that allow an electric charge to pass through easily? | Conductors |
| What is an example of a conductor? | Silver, copper, aluminum |
| Why are metals good conductors? | Metals are good conductors because their electrons flow more freely than the electrons in other solids. |
| Anything that slows down the flow of electric charge in a material is called ____. | Resistance |
| Resistance changes electrical energy to ____ and ____. | Heat and light |
| An ____ is a substance that conducts very little electricity. | Insulator |
| Name some examples of insulators. | Plastic, glass, wood |
| The discharge of static electricity in the atmosphere is called ____. | Lightning |
| What was Benjamin Franklin's contribution to electricity? | He proved that lightning is a form of electricity and helped develop the lightning rod. |
