Electricity Vocab Review

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Source of electrical potential energy from one or more voltaic cells in series

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battery

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Modern charge storage device with conductive plates and an insulator.

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capacitor

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Flow of positive charges through a conductor or electrolyte toward a negatively charged region

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conventional current

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Electrical phenomena and applications depending on flowing electric charges

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current electricity

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Electrical current flows in one direction

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DC

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Complete path for electrical current

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electrical circuit

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Charged region on a neutral object in an electric field

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electrical induction

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Device converting electrical energy to another form in a circuit

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electrical load

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Energy change/work by charges moving between different voltages

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electrical potential energy

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Property that impedes current flow in circuits

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electrical resistor