Test Review: Electricity and Magnetism

What is a nucleus?

• unit for current

• device that interferes with the flow of an electrical charge

• allows electric charges to flow freely through it

• a core found at the center of every atom

A continuous flow of electric charge

• electric current

• electrical power

• electrical discharge

• voltage

the buildup of electric charges on an object

• electric current

• electrical discharge

• static electricity

• resistance

materials that allow electrons to move through them easily

• insulators

• conductors

• direct circuit

• alternating circuit

materials through which electrons CANNOT easily move

• insulators

• conductors

• alternating circuit

• direct circuit

negatively charged subatomic particle

• proton

• electron

• neutron

• nucleus

positively charged subatomic particle

• proton

• electron

• neutron

• nucleus

an unbroken (closed) path through which an electric current can flow

• electrical circuit

• direct current

• alternating current

• series circuit

a circuit with ONE path which current can flow

• direct current

• alternating current

• parallel circuit

• series circuit

a circuit with MORE THAN ONE path which current can flow

• series circuit

• parallel circuit

• voltage

• ion