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electricity vocabs20

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circuit A closed path followed or capable of being followed by an electric current.
Conductor A material or an object that conducts heat, electricity, light, or sound.
Ion An atom or a group of atoms that has acquired a net electric charge by gaining or losing one or more electrons.
Insulator A material that insulates, especially a nonconductor of sound, heat, or electricity.
ohm law electric current is directly proportional to voltage and inversely proportional to resistance;
resistance A force, such as friction, that operates opposite the direction of motion of a body and tends to prevent or slow down the body's motion.
voltage A measure of the difference in electric potential between two points in space, a material, or an electric circuit, expressed in volts.
static change A form of charge, designated positive, negative, or zero, found on the elementary particles that make up all known matter.
current A flowing movement in a liquid, gas, plasma, or other form of matter, especially one that follows a recognizable course.
electric field The distribution in space of the strength and direction of forces that would be exerted on an electric charge at any point in that space.
electric force The force exerted by stationary objects bearing electric charge on other stationary objects bearing electric charge.
power The source of energy used to operate a machine or other system.
series circuit An electric circuit connected so that current passes through each circuit element in turn without branching.
parallel circuit circuit that has more than one path for electric current to follow
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