Electric current review

Resistance is.....

• The measure of how difficult it is for electrons to flow through a material

• The electric potential energy in an object

• The average kinetic energy of an object

• Static charge

Copper wires are used in house wires because...

• They are great conductors

• Produce too much heat

• Do not allow charges to flow

• cause a short circuit

The flow of an electric charge is known as a(n) _______.

• static charge

• resistance

• electric current

• electrical discharge

The amount of electrical energy converted to thermal energy in a wire increases as the _______ of the wire increases.

• Thickness

• Static charge

• resistance

• force

Electric charges will flow continuously only through a closed conducting loop called a _______.

• Circuit

• Battery

• conductor

• filament

In an electrical circuit the electrons flow away from the _______________ battery terminal and toward the _____________battery terminal.

• Positive , negative

• Neutral, Positive

• Negative , positive

• negative , Neutral