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Science Vocab
Energy
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Electric Charge | an object that has an excess amount o either positive or negative charges |
| Conductor | a material that carries electrical current |
| Insulator | A material that poorly conducts current. |
| Electric Force | The force that charred materials or objects exert on each other |
| Electric Field | the region around a charged object in which other charged objects |
| Electrical Potential Energy | Potential energy of an object due to its position in a field |
| Cell | a device that is a source of electric current because of a potential difference |
| Current | the rate that electric charges move through a conductor |
| Resistance | the measure of an object’s ability to conduct currents |
| Electric circuit | The structures that provide paths through which electricity travels. |
| Schematic Diagram | a graph representation of an electric current or apparatus, with standard devices. |
| Series | a circuit in which the current only has one path. |
| Parallel | a circuit in which the circuit can make more than one path |
| Electrical Energy | Another term for electricity |
| Fuse | An electrical device containing a metal strip that melts when current becomes too great. |
| Circuit breaker | a device that protects a circuit from current overloads |
| Ohm’s law | describes the mathematical relationship in most circuits |
| Law of conservation of energy | energy can’t be created or destroyed |
| Static electricity | a build up of either positive or negative charges |
Created by:
Kelly Arledge
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