Transfer of Energy by Electricity Vocabulary

A flow of electricity through a conductor

• circuit

• electric current

• switch

• resistor

A path through which electric current can flow.

• circuit

• electric current

• electromagnet

• generator

A device that can open or close a circuit

• generator

• electromagnet

• resistor

• switch

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

An object in an electrical circuit that resists the flow of energy.

• electromagnet

• generator

• resistor

• switch

A magnet formed when electric current flows through wire wrapped in coils around an iron.

• generator

• electromagnet

• resistor

• switch

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NGSS.MS-PS2-5

A device that produces alternating current by spinning an electric coil between the poles of a magnet; changes motion into electrical energy.

• generator

• electromagnet

• resistor

• switch

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NGSS.MS-PS3-5