My Electricity Learning Journal (Lia ten Hoevel) by Lia ten Hoevel https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e en-us 2024-11-14 12:57:50 UTC 2024-11-20 09:02:25 UTC hello@padlet.com Reflection Question tomcarrick1 https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217024730 How does understanding charge help explain static electricity?

]]> 2024-11-14 12:57:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217024730 Review question tomcarrick1 https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217024731 How does understanding charge help explain static electricity?


]]> 2024-11-14 12:57:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217024731 Reflection Question tomcarrick1 https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217024732 How can we use the Hill & Well analogy to understand the behavior of charged objects?

]]> 2024-11-14 12:57:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217024732 Review Questions tomcarrick1 https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217024733 What is an electric field?

How does it relate to charge?

What is the "hill and water reservoir" analogy?

]]> 2024-11-14 12:57:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217024733 Reflection Question tomcarrick1 https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217024737 How does voltage affect the amount of work electricity can do? *Remember work is a way of saying how much energy can be used to do somerthing.

]]> 2024-11-14 12:57:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217024737 Review Questions tomcarrick1 https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217024738 What is voltage?

How does it relate to the potential difference between two points in a field?

]]> 2024-11-14 12:57:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217024738 Review Questions tomcarrick1 https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217024740 What is a series circuit?

How does current behave in a series circuit (constant)?

How is voltage divided in a series circuit?

]]> 2024-11-14 12:57:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217024740 Reflection Question tomcarrick1 https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217024741  How can we predict the behavior of current and voltage in series circuits using equations and the analogy?

]]> 2024-11-14 12:57:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217024741 Reflection Question tomcarrick1 https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217024743 How does the flow of water in a pipe relate to the flow of charge in a circuit?

]]> 2024-11-14 12:57:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217024743 Review Questions tomcarrick1 https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217024745 What is current?

How does it relate to moving charge?

What does the equation Q = I  t tell you?

]]> 2024-11-14 12:57:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217024745 Review Questions tomcarrick1 https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217024746 What is a parallel circuit?


How does current behave in a parallel circuit?


How does voltage remain constant in a parallel circuit?

]]> 2024-11-14 12:57:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217024746 Reflection Question tomcarrick1 https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217024747 How does the behaviour of current and voltage differ between series and parallel circuits?

]]> 2024-11-14 12:57:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217024747 Reflection Question tomcarrick1 https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217024749 How did you use your knowledge of electricity to create your project?


What did you learn through the process?

]]> 2024-11-14 12:57:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217024749 Reflection Questions tomcarrick1 https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217024750 Can you see what the equation R = V / I tells you about Resistance?

]]> 2024-11-14 12:57:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217024750 Review Questions tomcarrick1 https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217024751 What is resistance?


How does it affect current flow?

]]> 2024-11-14 12:57:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217024751 Reflection Question tomcarrick1 https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217024752 How did your experiment contribute to your understanding of resistance?

]]> 2024-11-14 12:57:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217024752 Amps tomcarrick1 https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217024755 The measure of current

]]> 2024-11-14 12:57:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217024755 Appliance ltenhoevel https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217027266 A machine or piece of equipment that preforms a task.

]]> 2024-11-14 12:59:47 UTC https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217027266 Battery ltenhoevel https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217031396 A device that contains one or more cells and produces chemical energy which is converted into electrical power. It has a positive and a negative terminal.

]]> 2024-11-14 13:02:34 UTC https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217031396 bulb (noun) ltenhoevel https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217032524 In relation to electricity, a bulb is a glass container that converts electricity into light; it has a piece of metal inside that lights up when an electrical current passes through it

]]> 2024-11-14 13:03:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217032524 Buzzer (noun) ltenhoevel https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217033561 A device that makes a low, continuous humming sound when an electrical current is passed through it.

]]> 2024-11-14 13:03:59 UTC https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217033561 Cell ltenhoevel https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217034145 (noun)

In relation to electricity, a cell is a single unit that produces chemical energy which is converted into electrical power.

It has a positive and a negative terminal. A battery is made up of one or more of these cells.

]]> 2024-11-14 13:04:21 UTC https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217034145 circuit (noun) ltenhoevel https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217034557 In relation to electricity, a circuit is a closed loop or path around which an electrical current can flow.

]]> 2024-11-14 13:04:38 UTC https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217034557 component (noun) ltenhoevel https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217035174 The parts of an electrical circuit. The components must be connected properly to allow electrical current to flow through them. Examples include cell, motor, resistor and switch.

]]> 2024-11-14 13:05:04 UTC https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217035174 Conductivity (noun) ltenhoevel https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217035885 The degree to which something allows an electrical current to flow through it.

]]> 2024-11-14 13:05:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217035885 Conductor (noun) ltenhoevel https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217039097 In relation to electricity, a connection occurs when electrical components are linked to each other, therefore allowing an electrical current flow.

]]> 2024-11-14 13:07:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217039097 connection (noun) ltenhoevel https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217040367 In relation to electricity, a connection occurs when electrical components are linked to each other, therefore allowing an electrical current flow.

]]> 2024-11-14 13:08:26 UTC https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217040367 How does understanding charge help explain static electricity? ltenhoevel https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217042630 Understanding charge explains static electricity because it involves the build-up and movement of electric charges—specifically, the imbalance of positive and negative charges causing attraction or repulsion between objects.

]]> 2024-11-14 13:10:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217042630 current (noun) ltenhoevel https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217044086 An electrical current is a flow of electricity.

]]> 2024-11-14 13:11:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217044086 device (noun) ltenhoevel https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217044453 Something that has been made or modified for a particular purpose.

]]> 2024-11-14 13:11:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217044453 electron (noun) ltenhoevel https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217045145 A tiny particle that has a negative electrical charge.

]]> 2024-11-14 13:11:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217045145 fuse (noun) ltenhoevel https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217045666 A device that breaks an electric circuit if the current exceeds a safe level.

]]> 2024-11-14 13:12:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217045666 insulator (noun) ltenhoevel https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217046357 In relation to electricity, an insulator is something that does not allow an electrical current to pass through it. Examples include items made of wood or plastic.

]]> 2024-11-14 13:12:47 UTC https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217046357 motor (noun) ltenhoevel https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217046728 A machine that is powered by electricity

and supplies power to a device with moving parts.

]]> 2024-11-14 13:13:04 UTC https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217046728 power (noun) ltenhoevel https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217047594 Electrical power is the rate of electrical energy that is passed through a circuit.

]]> 2024-11-14 13:13:32 UTC https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217047594 resistance (noun) ltenhoevel https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217048038 The degree to which the flow of electrical current through a circuit is slowed or stopped.

]]> 2024-11-14 13:13:49 UTC https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217048038 Resistor (noun) ltenhoevel https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217049673 An electrical component that limits the amount of electrical current that can flow through a circuit

]]> 2024-11-14 13:14:56 UTC https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3217049673 short circuit (noun) ltenhoevel https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3225882238 Occurs when the electrical current flows down a wrong or unintended part of the circuit and causes damage to the circuit.

]]> 2024-11-20 09:01:15 UTC https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3225882238 switch (noun) ltenhoevel https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3225882745 In relation to electricity, a switch is an electrical component that can be open or closed to interrupt or allow the flow of electricity through a circuit.

]]> 2024-11-20 09:01:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3225882745 terminal (noun) ltenhoevel https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3225883132 In relation to electricity, a terminal is the part of the cell that makes the electrical connection with the rest of the circuit. A cell has a positive and a negative terminal.

]]> 2024-11-20 09:02:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3225883132 voltage (noun) ltenhoevel https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3225883475 The force of an electrical current.

It is measured in volts.

]]> 2024-11-20 09:02:24 UTC https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3225883475 wire (noun) ltenhoevel https://padlet.com/ltenhoevel/i2ukte78zk3h9z6e/wish/3225884070 A thin, flexible, string-like thread.

Wire is made from metal as it is a good conductor of electricity.

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