Electricity Vocab

A material in which electrons are able to move easily

• Circuit
• Insulator 
• Resistance 
• Conductor 

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A material in which electrons are not able to move easily 

• Circuit 
• Insulator 
• Resistance 
• Conductor

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The rate at which charge (electrons) flows past a point on a circuit.

• Voltage
• Resistance 
• Current 
• Circuit 

A closed path that electric current follows 

• Voltage
• Current
• Resistance 
• Circuit

The tendency for a material to oppose the flow of electrons..

• Voltage
• Current
• Resistance
• Circuit 

According to this law, the current in a circuit equals the voltage difference divided by the resistance. 

• Law of Conservation of Energy 
• Ohm's Law 
• Law of Conservation of Charges
• Newton's First Law 

The rate at which electrical energy is converted into other forms of energy

• Electric current
• voltage 
• Electric power

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The unit that is used to describe current through a wire.

• Ohm

• Ampere

• Volt

• Circuit

The metric unit is used to measure voltage.

• Ohm

• Amp

• Volt

A subatomic particle with a negative charge.

• Electron

• Proton

• Neutron

• Ultron

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