SOL 4.3 Electricity Vocabulary

The energy of moving electric charges

• electrical energy

• mechanical energy

• thermal energy

• radiant energy

The energy of moving objects (motion)

• mechanical energy

• electrical energy

• thermal energy

• radiant energy

A flow of electric charge

• electric current

• closed circuit

• open circuit

• conductor

The complete path that an electric current takes

• electrical circuit

• static electricity

• magnet

• pole

An unbroken path for the flow of electric current

• closed circuit

• open circuit

• conductor

• insulator

A broken path for the flow of electric current

• closed circuit

• open circuit

• conductor

• insulator

a material that lets electric current pass

• conductor

• insulator

• open circuit

• closed circuit

A material that blocks the flow of electric current

• insulator

• conductor

• closed circuit

• open circuit

An electrical circuit in which two or more devices are connected to an electrical source in one loop

• series circuit

• parallel circuit

• magnet

• magnetic field

An electric circuit in which two or more devices are connected to one electrical source in separate loops

• parallel circuit

• series circuit

• magnetic field

• electromagnet