Electricity Vocab Quiz

The accumulation of excess electric charge on an object is called

• Static electricity 
• Electric discharge
• Resistance
• Circuit 

According to this law, a charge can be transferred from object to object, but it cannot be created or destroyed. 

• Law of Conservation of Energy 
• Newton's Third Law 
• Law of Conservation of Charge
• Ohm's Law

A material in which electrons are able to move easily

• Circuit
• Insulator 
• Resistance 
• Conductor 

A material in which electrons are not able to move easily 

• Circuit 
• Insulator 
• Resistance 
• Conductor

The process of transferring charge by touching or rubbing 

• Induction 
• Conduction 
• Friction 
• Conductor 

The rearrangement of electrons on a neutral object caused by a nearby charged object 

• Induction 
• Conduction 
• Friction 
• Conductor 

Electric current that flows in only one direction. 

• Voltage 
• Direct Current 
• Alternating Current
• Series Circuit 

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

• Voltage 
• Direct Current 
• Alternating Current 
• Parallel Circuit 

The flow/movement of electric charges 

• Voltage
• Resistance 
• Current 
• Circuit 

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This is related to the force that causes electric charges to flow

• Voltage 
• Current
• Resistance
• Circuit 

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