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Electricity Vocab
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Term | Definition |
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static electricity | The way the particles on the surfaces of objects act when the objects are rubbed or in close contact. |
protons | Tiny particles that have a positive charge |
electricity | When charged particles move through or between objects or materials. |
attract | When a charged object is drawn toward another object with a neutral or opposite charge. |
electrons | Tiny particles that have a negative charge. |
neutral | When the number of positive particles and the number of negative particles is equal. |
negatively charged | When an object that has more negative particles than positive particles. |
positively charged | When an object that has more positive particles that negative particles. |
charge | A property of matter, in which matter is either electrically positive or negative |
repel | When objects with the same charge move away from each other |
battery | A device that is an energy source for electrical current |
circuit | A continuous path along which an electrical current can move. |
bulb | A device with a filament, base, and tip that uses electricity to produce visible light. |
current | A flow of electrons along a path.c |
insulator | A type of material that does not easily allow electrical current to flow through it. This type of material is referred to as a poor conductor. |
series circuits | A simple circuit that directs electrons to follow along a single path |
conductor | A type of material that allows electrical current to easily flow through it. |
parallel circuits | A simple circuit that allows electrons to follow several different paths. |