Perfect 10 Electricity Vocabulary

a form of energy resulting from the existence of charged particles (such as electrons or protons), either statically as an accumulation of charge or dynamically as a current.

• Electricity

• voltage

• insulator

• ampere

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a material or device that conducts or transmits heat, electricity, or sound, especially when regarded in terms of its capacity to do this.

• resistor

• electricity

• conductor

• short circuit

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a stable subatomic particle with a charge of negative electricity, found in all atoms and acting as the primary carrier of electricity in solids.

• current

• series circuit

• parallel circuit

• electron

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a flow of electricity that results from the ordered directional movement of electrically charged particles.

• current

• electricity

• ampere

• static electricity

the SI base unit of electrical current.

• voltage

• electron

• ampere

• voltage

an electromotive force or potential difference expressed in volts.

• parallel circuit

• resistor

• insulator

• voltage

a substance which does not readily allow the passage of heat or sound.

• electricity

• insulator

• series circuit

• voltage

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a device having a designed resistance to the passage of an electric current.

• resistor

• short circuit

• electricity

• current

comprises branches so that the current divides and only part of it flows through any branch

• voltage

• parallel circuit

• resistor

• series circuit

a simple pathway that lets electrons flow to one or more resistors

• insulator

• series circuit

• static electricity

• series circuit