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Energy and Electricity
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Q1. What is the most useful form of energy?
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A1. Electricity
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Q2. What usually carries electrical current from A
to B?
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A2. A wire
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Q3. What transforms electrical energy to light
energy?
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A3. A lamp or LED
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Q4. What transforms chemical energy into
electrical energy?
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A4. A cell
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Q5. What do we call several cells joined in
series?
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A5. A battery
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Q6. Name a precious yellow electrically conducting metal.
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A6. Gold
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Q7. Name a metal used in house wiring.
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A7. Copper
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Q8. What do we call the flow of electricity.?
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A8. Current
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Q9. What changes from "off" to "on" and back
again?
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A9. A switch
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Q10. What type of circuit has electrical
components all in a row.
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A10. A series circuit
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Q11. What is the SI unit of electrical current
called?
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A11. Amp
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Q12. Name the SI unit of power.
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A12. Watt
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Q13. What is needed to do work?
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A13. Energy
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Q14. What rotates to produce electricity?
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A14. A generator
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Q15. What type of circuit has each electrical
component in its own loop.
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A15. A parallel circuit
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Q16. Where is most electricity for cities and
towns generated?
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A16. A power station
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Q17. What do we use to measure a voltage?
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A17. A voltmeter
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Q18. What is used to measure electrical
current?
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A18. An ammeter
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