Physics is about studying how the universe works, and since you're in it, it's really about understanding you and the world you live in. Hopefully you'll find this very interesting! Seek to improve your learning by polishing each portfolio objective, each online text assignment, and then by noticing physics in your life!

Thursday, April 11, 2013

62 63 Activities 2&3

What type of object, when inserted into the loop will allow the two test bulbs to light?
Handout here
Our consensus was that

  1. Certain objects (usually metal) allow test bulbs to light (conductors)
  2. Other objects do not allow the bulbs to light (insulators)
  3. Closed loops are made of conducting materials
In the next activity, we took a VERY CLOSE LOOK at light bulbs and sockets to figure out just how they work, and which parts were conductors and insulators
Our consensus was that the conductive parts were CLIPS, PLATES, THREAD, TIP
insulators were BASE, GLASS, BLACK RING

Two more terms we need to know were a CONTINUOUS CONDUCTING PATH is an unbroken path of conductors, and a CIRCUIT is a continuous conducting path with a BATTERY.
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