Electricity/Scientific Method Jeopardy

1. Electricity/Scientific MethodJeopardy

2. Conductor or Insulator How We Use It Scientific Method Circuits Vocabulary 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500

3. 100 The materials that an electric current can flow through are called?

4. Answer: conductors

5. 200 The materials that an electric current cannot flow through are called?

6. Answer: 200 insulators

7. 300 Why were our wires coated with plastic? Was this an insulator or a conductor?

8. Answer: They were coated with plastic so we would not get shocked. The plastic was an insulator.

9. 400 The metal part of a light bulb.

10. Answer: conductor

11. 500 Larry was struck by lightning. The current traveled from the top of his head to his big toe. Did his body act as an insulator or conductor?

12. Answer conductor

13. 100 Name 3 ways that we use electricity.

14. Answer Answers will vary

15. 200 Describe how we got our light bulbs to light up.

16. Answer Answers will vary

17. 300 Carly made an electromagnet, but it wouldn’t pick up her staples. What can she do to make it stronger?

18. Answer Wrap the wire around the nail more times. Use a bigger battery.

19. 400 Bubba made a circuit, but his bulb wouldn’t light up. What does he need to do to fix his problem?

20. Answer Check all of the connections (is the circuit closed). Are his batteries turned the correct way with opposite poles touching? Is the bulb burned out? Is the battery dead?

21. 500 Tell three electricity safety rules.

22. Answer Answers will vary

23. 100 In a scientific experiment, after asking the question you form a __________?

24. Answer hypothesis

25. 200 We tested the temperature of fresh and salty water. What did we do to insure a fair test?

26. Answer Everyone had the same amount of materials. We did the experiment several times.

27. 300 After the experiment is finished, we need to write a __________.

28. Answer conclusion

29. 400 Marly wants to test 3 different brands of laundry detergent. Her hypothesis is that brand M & M will get her clothes the cleanest. What does she need to do to test her hypothesis?

30. Answer Test different detergents in the same amount and temperature of water.

31. 500 Pedro walked into his kitchen and saw water all over the floor. The sink was full of water, soap, and dirty dishes. What is an inference that he can make?

32. Answer Answers will vary

33. 100 What can you use to turn a circuit on and off?

34. Answer switch

35. 200 What does this symbol represent?

36. Answer bulb

37. 300 What symbols are on a battery? What do they tell you?

38. Answer + - They tell you which end is positive and which end is negative.

39. 400 Use these symbols to draw a circuit.

40. Answer The wires should be connected to each end of the battery and to either side of the bulb.

41. 500 What can you do to fix this circuit? + - - +

42. Answer The batteries need to be + - + -

43. 100 A path for electricity to travel/flow through

44. Answer What is a circuit?

45. 200 The tiny wire inside of a light bulb that causes it to light up.

46. Answer What is the filament?

47. 300 A way to test a hypothesis

48. Answer What is an experiment?

49. 400 This is your source for an electrical circuit.

50. Answers What is a battery?