Circuits Vocab

An electric circuit in which current branches to two or more paths

An instrument for measuring current

Potential difference across the load; how hard it is for electrons to flow in a substance

A flow of electric charge

Electrical current in which electrons rapidly change direction back and forth

A device for turning electric current on/off (closes and opens a circuit)

The difference in electric potential energy per coulomb of charge at one point in a circuit compared to the potential energy per coulomb of charge at another point in the circuit

A path over which an electric current flows

The basic unit for measuring the strength of electric current

Electric current which electrons travel continuously in one direction