Vocabulary List #4 Electric Circuits

The flow of electric charges along path

• Conductor

• Insulator

• Series Circuit

• Electric Current

A material that lets heat or electricity travel through it easily

• Insulator

• Conductor

• Circuit

• Series Circuit

A material that does not let heat or electricity move through it easily

• Conductor

• Insulator

• Parallel Circuit

• Battery

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A path along which electric charges can flow

• Circuit

• Battery

• Switch

• Resistance

An electric circuit in which the electrical charges have only ONE path to follow

• Electric Current

• Series Circuit

• Parallel Circuit

• Static Electricity

An electric circuit that has MORE than one path for the electric charges to follow

• Parallel Circuit

• Series Circuit

• Electric Current

• Resistance

Is simply a small gap in the conductor where you can close or open the circuit. When the switch is closed, the circuit is closed and electricity flows

• Battery

• Switch

• Resistance

• Conductor

The source of power for a circuit

• Switch

• Resistance

• Battery

• Electric Current

Device that changes electricity to other forms of energy

• Insulator

• Circuit

• Electric Current

• Resistor

The buildup of electric charges on an object

• Parallel Circuit

• Resistor

• Static Electricity

• Series Circuit