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Jenna Science
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Electric Current | a flow of electricity though a conductor |
| Voltage | an electromotive force or potential difference expressed in volts. |
| Electric Discharge | when charges build up, and jump from one object to an other. |
| Resistance | the measure of how difficult it is for electrons to slow though a materials. slows down the flow. |
| motor | something that turns electrical energy into kinetic. |
| Ion--+ or - charged atom | an Ion is a positive or a negative charged atom |
| Transformer | is a device that changes the voltage of an alternating current with loss of energy. |
| Insulator | a thing or substance used for insulation. also stops the flow |
| conductor | a substance, body, or device that readily conducts heat. |
| Heat | can be turned into heat energy |
| sound | can be turned into sound energy from electrical energy. |
| Light | can be turned into light from electrical energy. |
| Mechanical Motion | turned into light heat sound Mechanical energy. |
| Magnetic field | it surrounds all magnets |
| Magnetic domain | a group of atoms that all the Norths are facing the same way. |