S5P3c Investigate common materials to determine if they are insulators or conductors of electricity Vocabulary Conductor Insulator Conductors A conductor is a type of material through which negative charges can move easily ID: 485850
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What are conductors and insulators?
S5P3c: Investigate common materials to determine if they are insulators or conductors of electricity. Slide2
Vocabulary
Conductor
InsulatorSlide3
Conductors
A conductor is a type of material through which negative charges can move easily.
Electricity passes easily through copper wire, paper clips, and foil
These are all metals.
Metals are good conductors of electricity because negative charges move through them easily. Slide4
Insulator
Look at the electric cord on any appliance at your home or school.
It is covered in plastic and is called an insulator.
Insulator: is a material that resists the flow of electricity.
Electricity doesn’t pass through rubber, cardboard, wood, foam or plastic.
Non-metals are good insulators. Slide5
CRCT Questions
How are copper wire and aluminum foil alike?
Negative charges move through them easily.
They are both silver-colored metals.
They are both used to insulate wires.
Negative charges can’t move through them.
2. Which of the following materials would you use to connect a battery and bulb so that the bulb would light?
wooden toothpick
rubber band
strip of silverstrip of plasticSlide6
Answers
A, negative charges move through them easily
C, strip of silver