S25 Unit 9- Electricity Vocabulary

one of the pathways in a parallel circuit

• A switch

• A branch

• A capacitor

• A resistor

Circuit in which electric current has only one path to follow.

• amplitude
• voltage
• series
• parallel

the positive or negative connection point on a battery

• Terminal

• Current

• Connector

• Power source

The net movement of electric charges in a single direction. A rate measured in Amperes (A).

• voltage
• current
• resistance
• frequency

States that the current in a circuit equals the voltage difference divided by the resistance.

• Ohm's Law
• Doppler Effect
• Volts Law
• Ampere's Law

A circuit with an opening in the pathway; current cannot flow

• Parallel circuit

• Short circuit
• Closed circuit
• Open circuit

The parts of an electric circuit

• components

• terminal

• branch

• current

a circuit with a complete path through which current can flow

• series

• parallel

• open

• closed

A physical phenomenon that can produce light, heat and power.

• current
• voltage
• electricity
• resistance

Electric current that reverses its direction of flow in a regular pattern.

• alternating current
• direct current
• electromagnetic current
• square wave current