Download Electricity Revision List

Electricity Revision List
Static electricity
Explain the concept of static electricity (think electrons)
What are the dangers of static electricity?
How can you create static electricity?
What are the technological uses of static electricity?
How does lighting occur?
Conductors and insulators
What is a conductor?
What is an insulator?
What materials conduct electricity?
What materials insulate against electricity?
Current
What piece of equipment is used to measure current?
What is current? (Think electron flow and attraction of positive and
negative terminals)
What is a coulomb?
What chemicals can you use to create electricity?
How do you make a battery?
How do you make a current using a magnet?
How do you make an electromagnet?
Volts and amps
What is the difference between volts and amps?
What is the relationship between volts and amps?
Series circuits
Draw and label electrical symbols to be used in circuit
diagrams.
Draw a simple series circuit (powerpack, wires, 1 bulb)
What happens to the brightness of bulbs as you add more into a series
circuit?
In terms of resistance and current, what does adding more bulbs into a
series circuit do?
Parallel circuits
Draw a simple parallel circuit (powerpack, wires, 2 bulbs)
What happens to the brightness of bulbs as you add more into a parallel
circuit?
In terms of the flow of electrons why does this not change as you add
more bulbs?
Fuses
What is a fuse?
Explain the uses of fuses for safety reasons