MELTS: Electricity Vocab Quiz

A device that makes electricity by using chemical reactions, stores energy until it is needed

• Battery

• Insulator

• Flow

• Circuit

Material that slows down or stops electric current or thermal (heat) energy from passing through.

• Closed Curcuit

• Conductor

• Copper Wire

• Insulator

Path followed by an electrical current.

• Copper Wire

• Flow

• Circuit

• Current

A complete electrical circuit or path through which electricity or current can pass or flow.

• Open Curcuit

• Closed Curcuit

• Conductor

• Battery

Magnetism produced by an electrical current.

• Copper Wire

• Flow

• Electromagnetism

• Battery

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Flow of electricity in a wire or other conductor.

• Current

• Flow

• Open Curcuit

• Closed Curcuit

To move along in a smooth, steady, continuous path or stream.

• Conductor

• Open Curcuit

• Flow

• Copper Wire

Thin, flexible thread made of copper

• Copper Wire

• Conductor

• Insulator

• Battery

A circuit or electrical path that is broken or incomplete so electricity cannot flow through it

• Copper Wire

• Circuit

• Closed Circuit

• Open Circuit

Material that allows electric current or thermal (heat) energy to pass through easily.

• Insulator

• Flow

• Conductor

• Circuit

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