Electric Current

The two types of current are...

• AC/DC

• Alternating Current

• Direct Current

• All of the above

The unit for the rate of current is the ______________.

• ampere

• volt

• ohm

• joule

Metals such as copper and aluminum are good ______________. 

• insulators

• conductors

• circuits

• charges

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The path of current in a circuit is always completed by _________________ .

• transformer

• an electrical device

• conducting wires

__________________ is the continuous flow of electric charges through a material.

• Electric current

• Resistance

• Voltage

• Static Discharge

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An electric current flows _____ unless it is disrupted in some way

• continuously

• in spurts

• unevenly

• drop by drop

An electric current is made up of _____ charged electrons

• neutral

• negative

• positive

• balanced

As current flows through a wire, the number of _____ stays the same

• circuits

• particles

• current

• electrons

To have a complete electric circuit, the path must be _____

• small

• closed

• big

• open

Within a circuit, the number of electrons flowing from a power source is _____ the number of _____ returning to the source

• much less than, paths

• the same as, electrons

• much less than, electrons

• the same as, paths