Fill In Sentences:
Electricity
INSTRUCTIONS:
Fill in each blank box with the word from the above list that best completes the sentence.
generate
insulator
Resistance
rigid
conductor
literally
reliable
current
repel
Ineffecient
craze
transmit
alternative
electrons
revolution
1. A metal such as gold is a good of electricity.
2. The Internet has made it possible to information around the world in seconds.
3. Power sources produce electricity when they move from one atom to another.
4. in the filament of a light bulb causes the filament to heat up and glow hot.
5. Natural gas is an to electric heat in homes.
6. The storm caused billions of dollars in damage.
7. The steam engine led to a in transportation during the 1800s.
8. The of electrical energy flows from the outlet through the wires.
9. You won’t be able to bend that plastic mat.
10. Almost overnight every child wanted a hula hoop, which became a in the 1950s.
11. Solar power and wind power can be used to electricity.
12. Because electricity cannot flow through it, rubber is a good .
13. Two obkects with negative charges will , or move away, from each other.
14. cars that do not get good mileage are called gas guzzlers.
15. Reference books such as encyclopedias are a source of information about a wide variety of topics.
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Definition Matching:
Electricity
INSTRUCTIONS:
For each vocabulary word in the left column, locate its definition in the right column.
Type the number of the correct definition in the blank before the word.
conductor
1. material through which electricity can move
current
2. to send; to pass along
rigid
3. a tiny negatively charged particle of an atom
resistance
4. property of a conductor that opposes the flow of electricity and changes electrical energy to heat
transmit
5. a choice; one of the things to be selected
literally
6. actually; in fact
reliable
7. a complete, often very fast, change
electron
8. flow of electrical energy through wires
ineffecient
9. stiff; unable to bend
generate
10. an interest that quickly becomes popular; a fad
repel
11. to produce; to cause to be
craze
12. something through which electricity does not flow
insulator
13. to force apart
alternative
14. wasteful of effort or energy
revolution
15. able to be counted on
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Crossword:
Electricity
Words
RELIABLE
ELECTRON
CONDUCTOR
INSULATOR
RIGID
TRANSMIT
CURRENT
LITERALLY
CRAZE
ALTERNATIVE
INEFFICIENT
GENERATE
REVOLUTION
REPEL
RESISTANCE
11
14
10
1
7
2
3
12
13
8
9
5
6
15
Across
2. wasteful of effort or energy
3. property of a conductor that opposes the flow of electricity and changes electrical energy to heat
5. material through which electricity can move
6. something through which electricity does not flow
7. actually; in fact
9. a tiny negatively charged particle of an atom
Down
1. a choice; one of the things to be selected
3. a complete, often very fast, change
8. to produce; to cause to be
10. able to be counted on
11. to send; to pass along
12. flow of electrical energy through wires
13. an interest that quickly becomes popular; a fad
14. to force apart
15. stiff; unable to bend
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