Circuits and Electricity
4th Grade, Ms. Clements

 

 

Name(s):

 

 

Blake and Elizabeth

 

 

1. What kind of circuit is shown in the picture above?

 

 

A closed circuit.

 

 

2. Attach a picture of a conductor.

 

 

 

 

3. A continuous flow of negative charges (electrons) creates a/an _____.

 

 

electric current.

 

 

4. Explain who Benjamin Franklin was and describe his discoveries about electricity.

 

 

 

 

5. Electrical energy cannot travel through materials known as _____ (rubber, plastic, wood).

 

 

insulators.

 

 

6. Take a video of you and your partner creating a circuit.

 

 

7. An object with a positive charge will attract an object with a _____ charge.

 

 

negative

 

 

8. The picture above is an example of _____ (motion energy transformed by electrical energy).

 

 

mechanical energy.

 

 

9. Take a picture of an appliance that uses thermal energy.

 

 

 

 

10. Attach the diagram you and your partner made of an electromagnet.