BRUNO FUNES 4C

Electricity: Listening comprehesion

1) Listen to the audio and complete the following text. Escucha el audio y complete.

Electricity consists of a FLOW of free electrons along a conductor. To produce this current flor, a
generator ir placed at the end of the conductor in order to move the CHARGE

CONDUCTORS

Electricity needs a material which allows a current to pass trough easily, which offers little RESISTENS to
the flow and is full of free electrons. This material is called a conductor and can be in the form of a bar,
tube or sheet. The most commonly used CONDUCTORS are wire, avaliable in many sizes and thicknesses.
They are coated with insulating materials such as plastic.

SEMICONDUCTORS

Semiconductors such as silicon and germanium are used in trasistors and their conductivity is halfway in
between a conductor and an INSULATOR. Small quantities of other substances, called impurities, are
introduced in the material to REDUCE the conductivity

INSULATORS

A material which contais very FEW electrons is called an insulator, glass, rubber, dry wood and plastic
resiste the flow of electric charge, and as such they are good insulating materials.

2) MATCH. Unir con flechas

CONDUCTOR: B

A) A material or covering that electricity, heat,

or sound cannot go through.

SEMICONDUCTOR: C

B) Material which allows a current to pass

through easily.

INSULATOR: A

C) A material that allows electricity to move

through it more easily when its temperature

increases.

3) Read the text again and tell if the following statements are true or false. Lee el texto y

di si las siguientes oraciones son verdaderas o falsas.

A. A flow of electrons moving inside a conductor creates an electric current. True

B. A generator is used to move the charges. True

C. Electrons can easily pass through any material. False

D. Any material is a good conductor. False

E. Conductor are coated with insulators. True

F. The presence of free electrons affects the conductivity of materials. True

G. Impurities are introduced to increase conductivity. False

H. Insulating materials resist the flow of electrons. True

4) Practise the text, you will have to make a video reading it in a near future! ¡A practicar
la lectura, pronto grabarás un video leyéndola!