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PIHI SCI EMM Lesson 2
Making a Battery
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Science
8th Grade
10/05/2011

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Term
Transformation (Transform)
Definition
  • "TO CHANGE"
  • change in nature, state, form, condition, or appearance
Term
Energy can be _______________________ from one form to another.
Definition

Energy can be TRANSFORMED from one form to another.

Term
Battery
Definition
  • a device, usually made of a container that holds two electrodes and an electrolyte, that transforms chemical energy into electrical energy.
  • Makes energy portable.
Term
Electrode
Definition
  • A strip or rod (usually metal) set in the electrolyte in a battery. 
  • An electrode makes up one terminal of a battery.
Term
Electrolyte
Definition
  • A liquid or paste, often an acid, in which the electrodes of a battery are set.
Term
Wet Cell
Definition
  • A battery cell made of two electrodes placed in a liquid electrolyte.
Term
What type of energy is stored in a battery?
Definition
  • CHEMICAL ENERGY
Term
What type of energy flows through the wire of our circuit?
Definition
ELECTRICAL ENERGY
Term
What type of energy leaves the lightbulb of our circuit?
Definition
  • LIGHT ENERGY
  • THERMAL ENERGY
Term
What were the two purposes of the blotter paper in our battery?
Definition

1. To separate the electrodes.

2. To absorb more electrolyte, so when we removed the assembly, the chemical reaction continued and kept the light on.

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