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Term | Definition |
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electric charge | property that leads to electromagnetic interactions between particles that make up matter |
static electricity | a buildup of electric charge on an object |
electrical conductor | a material in which charges move freely |
electrical insulator | material in which charges cannot move easily |
semiconductor | a special class of materials that conduct electric charge better than electrical insulators but not as well as electrical conductors |
electric current | the rate at which electric charge flows |
voltage | amount of work required to move each unit of charge between two points. |
resistance | the opposition to the flow of electrical charge |
electric circut | a complete closed path through which electric charge flows |
series circut | all parts connected in a row that forms one path for electrical charge to flow |
parallel circut | electric charges that have more than one path that they can follow |