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Electricity Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| fuse | safety device in a circuit that melts if the current gets too high |
| circuit breaker | safety device in a circuit that shuts off if the current gets too high |
| short circuit | electrons flow along a path other than the path intended |
| series circuit | components of a circuit are arranged one after another |
| parallel circuit | components of a circuit are arranged so that the current can flow along more than one path |
| resistance | the degree to which a substance opposes the flow of electrical current through it |
| ohm | the measurement unit of resistance of a substance |
| ohmmeter | measures resistance |
| resistor | any material that can slow current flow |
| current | the amount of electric charge that passes by a point in an electrical circuit in a second |
| direct current | current that flows in one direction only |
| alternating current | current that flows back and forth at regular intervals |
| AC | alternating current |
| DC | direct current |
| ampere | mmeasure of amount of charge moving past a point in one second |
| A | ampere |
| ammeter | measures amperes |
| voltmeter | measures potential |