Name: _________________________________

Bill Nye the Science Guy

Electricity
1. Electricity is the flow of ______________________________

2. Electrons flow around a ________________, a term that means

_________________________

3. (Pause at 1:35) Draw a picture of a circuit: include a battery, a

switch and a lightbulb

4. The flow of electrons is like the flow of ________________

5. The flow of electrons (electricity) allows us to do _____________

(make things go)

6. Which two scientists figured out how to make electricity in 1831?

__________________________________________ from Britain
and _______________________________________ from the US
Name: _________________________________

7. Remember that electricity is the flow of ________________, and

they can jump from atom to atom. ____________________ circle
around an ___________ and can jump from one atom to another.

8. Electricity will flow through things that are ______________, but

not through things that are _____________ or _______________

9. Things that let electricity go through them are called

________________, things that don’t are called ______________,
and something that lets some electrons go through, but not all are
called _______________ .

10. Circuits have ______________ and ____________ .

11. The pressure in electrical circuits is called _______________.

The higher the voltage, the more the electrons want to jump.

12. The number of electrons flowing through a circuit is called

___________________ or ___________. This is like the amount of
water coming out of the water fountain.

13. The combination of ____________ and _________ are called

_________________ .

14. Electrons are pushed by chemical reactions, like in

____________________.
Name: _________________________________

15. Batteries have a rod through them, surrounded by a can.

The can is filled with _______________________. These make
electricity flow from one end to the other. When the chemicals
are used up, the batteries die.
Draw a picture of a battery and label the rod, can and chemicals.

16. The South American Electric Eel makes about 800 _____ and
1.5 ________.
17. There are two kinds of electricity. There is DC, __________
current, or AC, ____________________ current.

18. A photovoltaic cell is used to make electricity from the ____

19. ________________ are used to open or close a circuit (turn

on or turn off)
20. Current in batteries are ______________ current, but the
current in you wall plugs are _________________ current (answer
in the song)