Electricity Vocabulary

A type of energy created by the movement of electrons

• light energy

• electricity

• wind energy

• thermal energy

The ability to do work

• electricity

• battery

• convert

• energy

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negatively charged particles

• electrons

• protons

• neutrons

• atoms

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To change (from one type of energy to another)

• energy

• move

• convert

• electricity

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What is current?

• a flow of electricity

• a flow of water

• a flow of energy

• a flow of air

What is a conductor?

• material that energy CANNOT easily move through

• hard materials

• soft materials

• material that energy CAN easily move through

What is an insulator?

• material that energy CANNOT easily move through

• hard materials

• soft materials

• material that energy CAN easily move through

a storage device for electricity

• Charger

• Battery

• Power cord

• Electrical outlet

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