Electricity Vocabulary

three types of particles that make up atoms have different charges;

protons = positive charge, neutrons = no charge, and electrons = negative charge. The movement of electric charges causes electrical energy. The type of electrical charge an object has, affects how it behaves around other objects

• circuit

• electrically charged object

• transformer

• conductor

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a term used to describe a question that can be answered through an experiment or observation

• hypothesis

• trial

• testable

• observation

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A path for electricity to follow

• conductor

• insulator

• circuit

• surge protector

to examine methodically (piece by piece) by separating into parts and studying how they

are interrelated

• repeat trials

• observe

• replicate

• analyze

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objects or ideas that represent other things; they help us to understand objects or ideas that are too small or too big to see with our eyes

• microscope

• model

• map

• mannequin

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the force of pulling or drawing something toward another object due to its properties

• repel

• reflect

• attract

• absorb

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information/measurements that are collected from an observation, experiment or investigation;

scientists analyze and record this information in order to draw conclusions

• evidence

• conclusions

• predictions

• opinions

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to change into another form of energy

• transfer

• transform

• conduct

• exchange

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to force something to move away; to push back or away by a force

• avoid

• reflect

• refract

• repel

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to allow electricity, heat or sound to flow easily through a material

• insulate

• conduct

• transform

• transfer

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