Electricity Test Review

Static Electricity

·         What is it

·         How does it happen

·         Atoms & parts of atoms

·         Charges = positively charged, negatively charged, uncharged

·         Laws of Electrostatics

·         Conductors vs insulators

Current Electricity

·         What is it

·         Vocabulary pages: load, source, resistance, output device,…

·         Circuits – series and parallel, open circuit, closed circuit, short circuit, incomplete circuit

·         Circuit drawings & symbols

Transformation of electricity

·         Electricity can be transformed into other forms of energy such as heat, light, ….

Types of energy: generating electricity and the future of energy

·         Renewable vs non-renewable

~ Pros and Cons of…

·         Hydro-electric

·         Nuclear

·         Fossil fuels (coal, oil, natural gas)

·         Tidal

·         Solar

·         Wind

·         Biomass

·         Geothermal

How does electricity get to your home?

·         From hydro-electric dam to your house – know the 8 main steps