Electrical conductors: testing | Science | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

Starter quiz

What type of electrical circuit do you have if all the components are correctly connected and there are no gaps in the loop?
- complete ✓
- incomplete
How would we describe a material that allows electricity to pass through it easily?
- electrical connector
- electrical insulator
- electrical transferer
- electrical conductor ✓
How would we describe a material that does not allow electricity to pass through it easily?
- electrical connector
- electrical insulator ✓
- electrical transferer
- electrical conductor
Match the material to its property.
- metal
  
  ⇔
  
  electrical conductor ✓
- plastic
  
  ⇔
  
  electrical insulator ✓
Which type of material would you use to make the casing on a plug?
- an electrical conductor
- an electrical insulator ✓
Which of these materials is an electrical conductor?
- copper ✓
- plastic
- air
- rubber

______ are chosen for particular jobs based on their properties
- people
- scientists
- materials ✓
- kettles
______ are very useful materials, with properties such as strength, stiffness and electrical conductivity.
- 'Metals' ✓
Which of these are ways scientists present the results of scientific enquiries?
- charts ✓
- drama
- tables ✓
- chairs
Which of the following items are likely to be made using metals?
- the electrical circuit in a television ✓
- the screen of the television
- the wire to the plug of a television ✓
- the outside of the switches on a television
Which of these statements is true?
- All metals conduct electricity. ✓
- Some metals do not conduct electricity.
- Some metals are better electrical conductors than others. ✓
Which metals are electrical insulators?
- copper
- all metals
- tungsten
- no metals ✓

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Metals are very useful materials, with properties such as strength, stiffness and electrical conductivity.
Results of scientific enquiries can be recorded in different ways including charts and tables.
All metals conduct electricity, but some metals are better electrical conductors than others.
Materials are chosen for particular jobs based on their properties.

Not all metals are electrical conductors.

Pupils will test materials for conductivity, but teaching slides will emphasise that all metals are electrical conductors.

Metal - Most metals are strong, hard and shiny materials. They are good conductors of heat and electricity.
Electrical conductor - An electrical conductor is a material that allows electricity to pass through it easily.
Conduct - If a material conducts electricity or heat, it means the electricity or heat can pass through it easily.
Electrical insulator - An electrical insulator is a material that does not allow electricity to pass through it easily.