Electricity Vocabulary

The ability to do work

• electricity

• power

• energy

• circuits

Positively charged atomic particles

• ions

• protons

• electrons

• neutrons

Houses all the mass of an atom

• electrons

• valence shell

• neutrons

• nucleus

The flow of electrons

• current

• circuit

• electricity

• amps

Outermost electrons

• valence electrons

• electromagnetic electrons

• ground state electrons

• none of the above

atoms that don't easily give up electrons

• excited atoms

• conductors

• insulators

• stable

Where electrons are found in an atom

• nucleus

• valence shell

• electron cloud

• orbits

The ability to resist current

• voltage

• resistance

• current

• potential difference

Pathway of electrons from pushing end to pulling end

• circuit

• current

• orbits

• electromagnetic field

Circuit with one pathway for electrons

• electronic circuit

• parallel circuit

• series circuit

• single circuit