Electricity Vocabulary

The slowing down and reduction of electrons flowing through a circuit.

• voltage

• insulator

• currents

• resistance

The flow of electrical charge.

• conductors

• electricity

• voltage

• watt

How much and how quickly an electric charge passes by a certain point.

• current

• insulator

• voltage

• watt

Materials that easily transmit electrical energy.

• insulator

• conductor

• watt

• resistance

The type of circuit where electrons travel along the same path.

• closed circuit

• open circuit

• series circuit

• parallel circuit

The type of circuit where each light has its own path of electrical flow.

• closed circuit

• open circuit

• series circuit

• parallel circuit

Materials with tightly bound electrons that don't transmit electrical charge.

• circuits

• conductors

• currents

• insulators

The unit of power that measures how quickly energy is being used in a circuit.

• voltage

• watts

• hertz

• newtons

The temporary storage of electric charges on a surface.

• resistance

• static electricity

• currents

• insulators

The amount of energy needed to move electrical charge from one point to another.

• watt

• voltage

• current

• conductor