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Electricity Vocab
SOL 4.3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| switch | opens or closes an electric circuit |
| open circuit | a circuit with a break in it |
| resistance | a measure of how well a given material will conduct electricity. |
| closed circuit | a circuit with no breaks or interruptions |
| circuit | the complete (unbroken) path of an electric current |
| current | continuous flow of electrons |
| dry cell | a battery that changes chemical energy into electrical energy |
| electrical energy | energy related to the movement of charged particles. Comes from batteries and power plants |
| parallel circuit | electric circuit in which the different parts of the circuit are on separate paths or branches |
| series circuit | basic circuit that has three parts: conductor, load (object using electricity) and an energy source. |