Conductors & Insulators

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Conductors & Insulators

Conductivity Court

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Craftling — Conductors & Insulators Conductivity Court

Hi!

I'm Craftling.

Welcome to Conductivity Court!

Will you help me investigate conductors & insulators?

The Grumblies have mixed up our clues.

Let's check the evidence!

Thermal conductors transfer heat more readily;

thermal insulators slow it.

Electrical conductors allow electric current to pass more readily than electrical insulators.

Which handle slows heating in the record?

  • A. Metal handle
  • B. Both heated at identical rates
  • C. Wooden handle

The answer is C: Wooden handle

Our heat record shows a metal handle warming quickly

and a wooden handle warming more slowly.

A separate low-voltage circuit record shows metal conducting.

We read records rather than perform live electrical tests.

That clue helps us make sense of this place.

Heat and electrical tests answer different questions.

Many metals conduct both, but use the relevant supplied record

for the design.

Which test answers an electrical-conduction question?

  • A. Only the absorbency test
  • B. The circuit record
  • C. Only a scratch test

The answer is B: The circuit record

Heat and electrical tests answer different questions.

Many metals conduct both, but use the relevant supplied record

for the design.

Hmm...

how does that connect to our first clue?

Our heat record shows a metal handle warming quickly

and a wooden handle warming more slowly.

A separate low-voltage circuit record shows metal conducting.

We read records rather than perform live electrical tests.

Are thermal and electrical properties the same measurement?

  • A. No
  • B. Yes
  • C. Only for materials that are blue

The answer is A: No

Thermal conductors transfer heat more readily;

thermal insulators slow it.

Electrical conductors allow electric current to pass more readily than electrical insulators.

Nice investigating!

You've been following the evidence.

Let's bring our clues together before the adventure.

Thermal conductors transfer heat more readily;

thermal insulators slow it.

Heat and electrical tests answer different questions.

Our heat record shows a metal handle warming quickly

and a wooden handle warming more slowly.

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