Energy/Electricity Vocab Flashcard 5th

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What is an insulator?

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A material used to reduce or prevent the transfer of electricity or sound

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What is electric current?

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The flow of charges along a path

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What is an electromagnet?

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A device in which electric current is used to produce magnetism

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The energy an object has due to its motion

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kinetic energy

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Parallel circuit

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a circuit which several different paths for electric charges to follow

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Absorb

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to take up and store energy

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What is static electricity?

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The buildup of electric charges on an object

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What is a series circuit?

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An electric circuit with only one path for electric charges to follow

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Potential energy

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Energy that an object has because of its position or its condition

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generator

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a device that makes an electric current by converting kinetic energy to electric energy