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Electricity
Term | Definition |
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Circuit | Closed conducting loop in which electric current can flow continually |
Conductor | Material in which electrons can move easily |
Electric Current | The flow of electric charge measured in amperes |
Electric Discharge | Rapid movement of excess charge from one place to another |
electric field | surrounds every electric charge and exerts force on other electric charges. |
electric force | attractive or repulsive force exerted by all charged objects on each other |
electric power | rate at which electrical energy s converted into other forms of energy |
ion | atom that is positively or negatively charged because it has gained or lost one or more electrons |
insulator | material in which electrons cannot move easily |
ohm's law | states that the current in a circuit equals the voltage divided by the resistance in the circuit |
Parallel circuit | Circuit that has more than one path for electric current to follow |
Resistance | A measure of how difficult it is for electrons to flow in a material. |
Static Charge | Imbalance of electric charge on an object. |
Voltage | A measure of the amount of electrical potential energy an electron flowing in a circuit can gain. |