Electrical Energy and Magnetism: Vocabulary

Energy formed by the flow of electrons.

• Electricity

• Conductor

• Lightning

• Charge

A measure of the extra positive or negative particles that an object has.

• Electricity

• Circuit

• Charge

• Insulator

The buildup of positive or negative charges on an object.

• Lightning

• Static Electricity

• Electric Cell

• Resistor

is a discharge of static electricity

• Lightning

• Circuit

• Resistor

• Insulator

A flow of electric charges

• Electric Cell

• Circuit

• Conductor

• Electric Current

a path along which an electric current can move

• Insulator

• Resistor

• Circuit

• Conductor

A battery that supplies energy to move charges through a circuit.

• Circuit

• Electric Cell

• Lightning

• Electricity

materials that allow electricity to flow through them easily

• charge

• circuit

• conductor

• insulator

materials that do not allow electricity to flow through them easily

• insulator

• resistor

• conductor

• lightning

A material that resists the flow of current but doesn't stop it.

• electricity

• circuit

• electric cell

• resistor