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Electricity Vocab
SOL 4.3
Question | Answer |
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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. |