Types of Electricity Vocabulary

The path an electric current follows.

• Conductors

• Electric circuit

• Magnetic poles

• Series curcuit

Tiny particles that carry units of electricity; can be positive or negative

• Motor

• Electric current

• Electric charges

• Insulator

A magnet that can be made by coiling a wire around a piece of iron and running electric current through the wire. It is temporary. Uses electricty to produce magnetism.

• static electricity

• conductor

• motor

• electromagnet

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A device that changes chemical energy into electrical energy.

• parallel circut

• electric cell

• generator

• electric current

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An electric circuit that has more than one path for the current to follow.

• parallel circuit

• magnetic poles

• electric circuit

• conductors

A material that does not conduct electricity well.

• conductors

• magnet

• insulators

• motor

The buildup of charges on an object.

• current electricity

• electric current

• static electricity

• generator

An electric circuit in which the current has only one path to follow.

• magnetic poles

• parallel circuit

• electric charges

• series circuit

A material that carries electricity well.

• Conductors

• magnetic poles

• electric cell

• insulators

A device that uses magnetism to convert energy of motion into electrical energy.

• motor

• generator

• magnet

• electric cell