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IPC- Chap. 6
VOCAB
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| electrical circuits | structures that provide paths through which electricty travels |
| open circuit | a circuit with one or more breaks in it |
| closed circuit | a circuit with no breaks in it |
| circuit diagram | a shorthand method of drawing the physical arrangement of a circuit |
| electrical symbol | a shorthand method of drawing an electrical part |
| electric charge | property of matter responsible for electrical events, it has two forms, positive and negative |
| static electricity | a buildup of charge on an object or material |
| electrical force | the pushes and pulls that electric charges exert on each other |
| electroscope | an instrument that can detect, and sometimes measure the amount of, electric charges |
| coulomb | a unit in measuring the amount of charge |