Electricity

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• The part of a circuit which can control whether electricity flows
• An electrical force which occurs as electrons are built up in an object
• A small device that stores energy in a chemical form
• The area of a conductor through which a current is able to move

• Series circuit
• Incomplete circuit
• Parallel circuit
• Power source

What is an insulator?

• The area of a conductor through which a current is able to move
• A material which does not allow electricity to go through it
• The amount of devices which are in a circuit
• A battery or other device which provides energy for a circuit

The flow of electricity through a conductor

• Battery
• Current
• Static electricity
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A small device that stores energy in a chemical form

• Complete circuit
• Switch
• Power source
• Battery

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• Power source
• Closed circuit
• Insulator
• Open circuit

What is a conductor?

• A material that allows electricity to go through it
• The area of a conductor through which a current is able to move
• A battery or other device which provides energy for a curcuit
• When there is only one path for the electricity to flow

• Parallel circuit
• Series circuit
• Incomplete circuit
• Switch

An electrical force which occurs as electrons are built up in an object

• Complete circuit
• Static electricity
• Power source
• Load

A particle that carries a negative electric charge is called a(n) ______.

• neutron
• atom
• proton
• electron

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