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Electricity
Utah 5th Grade Science St. 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| All the connections including wires, a battery, and a device that uses energy such as a light bulb. In an incomplete circuit, these objects are missing part of the necessary connection and the device that uses energy does not work. | Incomplete Circuit |
| A material which does not allow electricity to go through it. | Insulator |
| A reference to the amount of devices which are in a circuit. More devices in the circuit increase the load. | Load |
| All the connections including wires, a battery, and a device that uses energy such as a light bulb. In a complete circuit, these objects are all connected in a way that the device that uses energy is working. | Complete Circuit |
| A small device that stores energy in a chemical form. | Battery |
| A material that allows electricity to go through it. | Conductor |
| The flow of electricity through a conductor. | Current |
| When there are several paths for the current to follow. | Parallel circuit |
| The area of a conductor through which a current is able to move. | Pathway |
| A battery or other device which provides energy for a circuit. | Power Source |
| When there is only one path for the electricity to follow. | Series circuit |
| An electrical force which occurs as electrons are built up in an object. | Static Electricity |