Braunton School Electricity Questions

Click on the links to answer the questions in your books.

1.Electricity is the flow of tiny particles called electrons. How many electrons in a single drop of water?

http://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/jakesattic/lab/electricity.html

2. What are atoms made of?

http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/static.html

3. What are the 3 wires in a pug called?

http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/trinity/projects/fusetest/fusetest.html

4. A green stripe on a resistor represents what number?

http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/trinity/projects/fusetest/resistor.html

5. Draw the circuit diagram for the fuse tester.

http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/trinity/projects/fusetest/circuit1.html

6. Describe the static electricity experiment on this page http://www.miamisci.org/af/sln/frankenstein/static.html

Click on the link below. Read the page and then have a go at the mini quiz. Write the answers in your book.

http://www.school-for-champions.com/science/staticspark.htm

Finished?

Click on this link to see if you can get an interactive electricity experience!!

Now go and use the search engines and write down the addresses of at least 3 useful electricity sites.

(Hint: Put words like: "school electricity" into the search engine)

Tell Mr Phillips if you have finished - don't disappear!!