Key electricity terms

What do we call the flow of electrons around a circuit?

• Current

• Voltage

• Resistance

• Charge

What do we call the thing that slows down the flow of electrons around a circuit?

• Current

• Voltage

• Resistance

• Charge

What is a measure of the amount of energy given to each packet of electrons?

• Current

• Voltage or potential difference

• Resistance

• Charge

What moves around a circuit?

• atoms

• protons

• neutrons

• electrons

What do we measure current in?

• coulombs

• amps

• volts

• ohms

What do we measure potential difference in?

• coulombs

• amps

• volts

• ohms

What do we use to measure how many "packets" of electrons we have?

• coulombs

• amps

• volts

• ohms

What is 1 coulomb?

• 1 "packet" of electrons

• The amount of energy I give to one amp

• one packet of volts

• 1 level of resistance

What is 1 amp?

• 1 "packet" of electrons flowing past every second

• 1 volt going past every second

• one packet of volts

• 1 level of resistance

What is 1 volt?

• 1 "packet" of electrons flowing past every second

• 1 joule given to each ohm of energy

• one joule given to each packet of electrons (coulomb)

• 1 coulomb per ohm