SESSION 2: Electricity basics

1. Look at the pictures and the labels.

2. Write the meaning of the different labels looking at the pictures.

Resistance _______________________

Circuit _______________________

Conduct _______________________

Electricity _______________________

Volt _______________________

Voltmeter _______________________

Current _______________________
3. Read this text about a course description.

4. Mark the following statements as true (T) or false (F).

1 ____ Electrons are a unit of measurement.

2 ____ Students learn about electrical currents.
3 ____ The final project is a written exam.
5. Match the words (1-8) with the definitions (A-H).

1. ____ ampere 5. ____ current

2. ____ charge 6. ____ electron
3. ____ circuit 7. ____ ohm
4. ____ conduct 8. ____ resistance

A the flow of electricity

B a unit that measures electrical resistance

C how mucha n object opposes an electric current passing through it

D a system of electrical conductors that electricity flows through

E the act of electricity passing through an object

F the electricity property of an object that makes it have a negative

or positive force

G the particle in an atom that carries electric currents

H the base unit of an electric current

6. Choose the sentence that uses the underlined part correctly.

1 a) The electrical circuit is the base unit of current.

b) The battery produces low volts of electricity.

2 a) The light bulb produces 60 watts.

b) He connected the ampere to the wire.

3 a) The lightning ohm was so powerful, it knocked a tree down.

b) The resistance of an object depends in part on the material it’s made
from.
7. Listen to the audio. Mark the following sentences as true (T) or
false (F).

1 ____ The student was confused about resistance.

2 ____ The profesor gave an example of an object with resistance.
3 ____ The more resistance, the more current that passes through.

8. Listen again and complete the conversation.

Student: Excuse me, Professor Thompson. I was 1____________________________

by some of the stuff you said today.

Professor: Okay. What were you confused about?

Student: Well, can you clarify what 2_________________________ is, please?

Professor: Of course. Resistance i show much a material opposes an

electrical 3___________________________ .

Student: Okay. But how does it 4____________________, exactly?

Professor: Some materials are made up of insulators that block current from
passing through. This 5_______________ is electrical resistance.

Student: So, the 6 _________________________ current allowed through, the more

resistance?

Professor: Exactly.