PAE: Electricity Basics Vocabulary Quiz

The electrode or wire through which current enters a device, such as an LED, where current can flow only in one direction

• anode

• cathode

• circuit

• resistor

A device used for prototyping electronic circuits that allows for easy connection of electronic components

• breadboard

• circuit

• prototype

• cathode

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The electrode or wire through which current exits a device, such as an LED, where current can flow only in one direction

• anode

• cathode

• electron

• conductor

A conductive path that electric current can flow through

• current

• insulator

• resitor

• circuit

A material that allows electrons to easily pass through it

• cathode

• conductor

• current

• voltage

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A measure of how well a material allows electrons or electrical current to flow through it; measured in siemens

• breadboard

• voltage

• conductance

• insulator

A measure of the number of electrons (or amount of charge) passing through a point in a circuit in a specific time; measured in amperes (amps)

• current

• insulator

• Ohm's Law

• anode

A part of an atom that is negatively charged and can be passed from atom to atom, creating a flow of electricity

• current

• anode

• electron

• neutron

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A material that resists the flow of electrons

• resistor

• insulator

• conductor

• cathode

A scientific law that states that voltage is directly proportional to current

V = I • R

• Ohm's Law

• anode

• breadboard

• electron