Electricity Unit Foldable

Name______

This is for a 30 point grade. You will need five sheet of paper to create your foldable All vocabulary from the chapter must be used- underlined and numbered 1-15 as listed on page 221 in your textbook.

____ 2 pts: Front Cover (1 pt each)

____a. Define Electricity

____b. Illustration

____1. 3 pts: Insulators and conductors. (1 pt each)

____a. What is a conductor? Give two examples. (1½ pts)

____b. What is an insulator? Give two examples. (1½ pts)

____2. 2½ pts: Charging by Friction (½ pt each)

____a. Explain Static Electricity.

____b. Illustration of an example of how an object can acquire a charge by friction.

____c. Two to three sentences explaining your example.

____d. Vocabulary word: Law of Conservation of Charge.

____e. Must show the flow of electrons.

____3. 2 pts: Charging by Induction (½ pt each)

____a. Illustration of an example of how an object can acquire a charge by induction.

____b. Two to three sentences explaining your example.

____c. Vocabulary word: Charging by induction

____d. Must show the flow of electrons.

____4. 2½ pts: Charging by Conduction (Contact) (½ pt each)

____a. Illustration of an example of how an object can acquire a charge by contact.

____b. Two to three sentences explaining your example.

____c. Vocabulary word: Charging by contact.

____d. Must show the flow of electrons.

____e. Explain how an electroscope works

____5. 3½ pts: Voltage and Current

____a. Define each (1pt)

____b. Illustrate each (1pt)

____c. Give analogy for each. (1pt)

____d. Vocabulary: Voltage Difference(½ pt)

____6. 2½ pt : Resistance

____a. Define(½ pt)

____b. Illustration of an example(½ pt)

____c. Two to three sentences explaining your example. (½ pt)

____d. Explain and illustrate the difference in thick and thin wires.(1pt)

____7. 2½ pts: Ohm’s Law

____a. Define (½ pt)

____b. Show Formula in words and symbols. (1pt)

____c. Calculate and show work for example number 5 on page 207. (1pt)

____8. 3 pts: Alternating Current and Direct Current

____a. Define each (1pt)

____b. Illustrate each (1pt)

____c. Give “Real-life” example of each (1pt)

____9. 3 pts: Series and Parallel Circuits

____a. Illustrate each (1pt)

____b. 2 Vocabulary word (1pt)

____c. Explain Electrical Power and how to calculate it (1pt)

____10.(3½ pts) Neat, easy to read

______TOTAL POINTS/ 30 pts