Electricity Vocabulary

In a _______, the current has only one loop to flow through.

• parallel circuit

• conductor

• insulator

• series circuit

The process of transferring charge by touching of rubbing is called____.

• law of conservation of charge

• charging by contact

• conduction

• electricity

A material in which electrons are not able to move easily is an ________

• charging by contact

• charging by induction

• insulator

• conductor

According to the __________ charge can be transferred from object to objects, but it cannot be created or destroyed.

• Charging by induction

• Charging by contact

• static electricity

• law of conservation of charge

The rearrangement of electrons on a neutral object caused by a nearby charged objects is called______

• charging by induction

• law of conservation of charge

• static electricity

• lightning

A device, sometimes consisting of two leaves of metallic foil, used to detect electric charge

• Electric field

• Conductor

• Electroscope

• Insulator

A material in which electrons are able to move easily is a _________

• static electricity

• law of conservation of charge

• insulator

• conductor

A ______ is related to the force that causes electric charges to flow.

• Circuit

• Resistance

• Voltage difference

• Current

What is the accumulation of excess electric charge on an object?

• static electricity

• law of conservation of charge

• conductor

• insulator

The net movement of electric charges in a single direction is an ______

• voltage difference

• Ohm's Law

• Circuit

• Electric current