Electrical Circuits Vocabulary

A material that resists the flow of electrical charges

• insulator

• conductor

• series circuit

• parallel circuit

• circuit

A material that readily allows electric charges to pass through it

• insulator

• conductor

• series circuit

• parallel circuit

• circuit

This circuit has only one path for electric charges to follow.

• insulator

• conductor

• series circuit

• parallel circuit

• circuit

This circuit has several different paths for the charges to follow.

• insulator

• conductor

• series circuit

• parallel circuit

• circuit

A path along which electrical devices can flow.

• insulator

• conductor

• series circuit

• parallel circuit

• circuit

What is the tiny wire in a light bulb called?

This type of circuit has a broken path and charges cannot flow.

• open circuit

• closed circuit

This type of circuit has no brakes in its path and charges can flow through.

• open circuit

• closed circuit

The flow of charges, or current, is measured in units called

This machine changes electrical energy into energy of motion.

• magnet

• electromagnet

• electric motor

• generator