Electricity and Circuits Vocabulary

negatively charged particle

• electron

• electricity

• voltage

• current

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a form of energy caused by the movement of electrons

• electron

• electricity

• voltage

• current

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the force of a current

• electron

• electricity

• voltage

• current

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the flow of electrons

• electron

• electricity

• voltage

• current

a material that allows heat and electricity to go through it

• conductor

• insulator

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a material that does not allow heat or electricity to move through it easily

• conductor

• insulator

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a path for a current to flow around

• circuit

• resistor

• switch

a device that resists the flow of electrical current

• circuit

• resistor

• switch

a device that opens or closes a circuit

• circuit

• resistor

• switch

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a circuit with only one path through which current can flow

• series circuit

• parallell circuit