How much do you really know about electricity?
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.
1. Atoms
A. The power to do work or make things move
2. Battery
B. A chemical element lacking typical metallic properties
3. Conductor
C. A material that allows heat or electric current to pass through it.
4. Electricity
D. Any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity
5. Electron
E. A stable particle with positive charge equal to the negative charge of an electron
6. Electrolyte
F. An elementary particle with negative charge
7. Energy
G. An ___ in the outer shell of an atom which can combine with other atoms to form molecules
8. Insulator
H. The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element (plural)
9. Metal
I. A material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivity
10. Nonmetal
J. A device that produces electricity
11. Periodictable
K. A solution that conducts ___
12. Proton
L. Energy associated with electric charges, used to power lights and devices.
13. Valenceelectron
M. A tabular arrangement of the chemical elements according to atomic number as based on the ___