Electricity-and-Magnetism Vocabulary

An electric current in which the charges continually switch from flowing in one direction to flowing in the reverse direction. Your house is wired with AC.

• Alternating Current

• Conduction

• Circuit

• Electric Power

 A device that is made of several cells and that produces an electric current by converting chemical energy into electrical energy.

• Conductor

• Current

• Battery

• Electric Motor

A complete, closed path through which electric charges flow.

• Induction

• Magnet

• Current

• Circuit

A method of charging an object that occurs when electrons are transferred from one object to another by direct contact.

• Conductor

• Conduction (electrical)

• Electromagnetism

• Insulator

 A material in which charges can move easily

• Electromagnetism

• Magnet

• Electric motor

• Conductor (Electrical)

A continuous flow of charge caused by the motion of electrons; the rate at which charge passes a given point; expressed in Amperes.

• Poles

• Current

• Static electricity

• Watt

electric current in which the charges always flow in the same direction

• Direct current

• Conductor

• Watt

• Electric Generator

a device that changes electrical energy into kinetic energy

• Generator

• Electric Power

• Electrolyte

• Electric Motor

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the rate at which electrical energy is used to do work: expresses in watts 

• Magnetic field

• Electromagnetic

• Parallel circuit

• Electric Power

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the part of a cell through which charges enter or exit

• Electrode

• Conduction

• Battery

• Transformer