Electricity Vocab Review

the accumulation of excess electrical charge on an object

• static electricity

• electric current

• electricity

• electroscope

Closed conducting loop through which an electric current can flow

• parallel circuit

• series circuit

• circuit

• conductor

The net movement of electric charges in a single direction, measured in amperes

• electrical power

• electric current

• resistance

• voltage difference

• static electricity

Charge cannot be created or destroyed only transferred

• law of conservation of mass

• Ohm's Law

• Law of Conservation of Charge

• Law of Conservation of Energy

• Electroscope

Tendency of a material to oppose electron flow and change electrical energy into thermal energy and light

• electrical power

• electric current

• resistance

• voltage difference

• static electricity

Material in which electrons are not able to move easily

• conductor

• insulator

• superconductor

• resistance

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Circuit in which electric current has only one path to follow

• parallel circuit

• series circuit

• circuit

• conductor

• loop circuit

Process of rearranging electrons on a neutral object by bringing charged object close to it

• static electricity

• charging by induction

• electricity

• electroscope

• charging by contanct

Material, such as copper wire, in which electrons can flow easily

• conductor

• insulator

• superconductor

• resistance

• wire

Related to the force that causes electric charge to flow

• electrical power

• electric current

• resistance

• voltage difference

• static electricity

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