Electricity and Circuits Vocabulary

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Insulator

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A material that does not allow heat or an electric current to flow through easily

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Conductor

Back

A material that allows heat or an electric current to flow through easily

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Electric Current

Back

The flow of electrical energy through a circuit

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Circuit

Back

A pathway through which electric charges can flow

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Series Circuit

Back

A circuit with only one path for electric charges to follow

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Parallel Circuit

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A circuit with several different paths for the charges to follow

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Open Circuit

Back

Broken paths and the charges cannot flow

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Closed Circuit

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No breaks in the path. It forms a complete loop.

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Pathway for Electric Charges

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Circuit

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Allows Electric Flow

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Conductor