Electric Circuits Vocabulary

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Electrical Circuit

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The path in which electric current flows

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Electric Current

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the movement of electricity which flows through a circuit along a wire

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Open Circuit

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a circuit that is incomplete and where current does not flow

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Closed Circuit

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a circuit that is complete and where current does flows

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Switch

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a device that can complete or break a the connection of an electric circuit

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Series Circuit

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a circuit in which the electric current follows one path

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Parallel Circuit

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a circuit in which the electric current follows two or more paths

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Conductors

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materials that do let electricity pass through them easily

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Insulators

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materials that do not allow electricity to pass through them

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Electron

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A particle with a negative charge