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Electricity
Science
| Words | Definitions |
|---|---|
| Electricity | The flow of electrons through a conductor. |
| Law of Electric Charges | Charges repel and opposite charges attract. |
| Static Electricity | An electrical charge that is built up in one place and it is static ( not moving). |
| Electric Discharge | The loss of static electricity as charges move off an object. |
| Conduction | Can transfer the electrons from one object to another by direct contact. |
| Electroscope | This is used to detect charge. |
| Cell | Divice that produces an electric current |
| Photocell | Converts Solar Energy to electrical energy |
| Current | Measure of the rate at which an electron passes a point each second |
| Voltage | electromotive force or potential difference expressed in volts. |
| Resistance | Opposition to the flow of electrons |
| AC | Altering Current |
| DC | Direct current |
| Circuit | A path that the charges follow |
| Series Circuit | Conected in a single loop. |
| Electric Power | the product of voltage and current |
| Magnetic Field | the lines of force surrounding a permanent magnet |
| Magnetic Force | The force exerted between magnetic poles |
| Electromagnetism | Magnetism produced by electric charge in motion |
| Generator | machine that converts one form of energy into another |
| Transformer | A device used to transfer electric energy from one circuit to another |
| Induction | The charging of an isolated conducting object by momentarily grounding it while a charged body is nearby. |
| Parallel Crcuit | a closed electrical circuit in which the current is divided into two or more paths and then returns via a common path to complete the circuit |
| Load | a device that receives power. |