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Electric Charge An electrical property of matter that creates electric and magnetic forces and interactions.
Electrical Conductor A material which charges can move freely & that can carry an electric current.
Electrical Insulator A material that does not transfer current easily.
Electric Force The force of attraction or repulsion between objects due to charge.
Electric Field A region in space around a charged object that causes a stationary charged object to experience an electric force.
Electrical Potential Energy The ability to move an electric charge from one point to another.
Potential Difference Between any two points, the work that must be done againist electric forces to move a unit charge from one point to the other.
Cell A device that is a source of electric current cause of a potential difference, or voltage, between the terminals.
Current The rate that electric charges move through a conductor.
Resistance The opposition posed by a material or a device to the flow of current.
Electric Circuit A set of electrical components connected such that they provide one or more complete paths for the movement of charges.
Schematic Diagram A graphical representation of a circuit that uses lines to represent wires & different symbols for to represent components.
Series The components of a circuit that form a single path for current.
Parallel A circuit which all of the components are connected to each other side by side.
Electrical Energy The energy that is associated with charged particles by their positions.
Fuse An electrical device that contains a metal strip that melts when current in the circuit becomes too great
Circuit Breaker A switch that opens a circuit automatically when the current exceeds a certain value.
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