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Electricity Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Conduction | touching |
| attract | unlike charges |
| protons | positive charge |
| electricity | Flow of electrons through an electrical circuit |
| electrons | negative charge |
| repel | like charges |
| static discharge | loss of static electricity |
| friction | rubbing |
| resistor | a device that converts electrical energy |
| conductor | electric currents move though freely |
| closed circuit | electric can only flow through this |
| spark | static discharge that occurs across a gap |
| neutral | no charge |
| simple circuit | has one path and one resistor |
| static electricity | caused by a build up of charges in one place |
| source | electrical energy |
| switch | used to open and close a circuit |
| series circuit | one path with multiple resistors |
| parallel circuit | multiple paths with multiple resistors |
| insulator | electric current not able to move freely |