Electricity Vocab 8th grade

1.  a unit of electrical current that measures the amount of electrical charge passing through a point per unit of time. 

• Resistence

• Ohm's Law

• Circuit

• Ampere

1. the flow of electrons through a complete circuit of conductors. 

• Current

• Volts

• Ohms

• Watts

1. the electrical current flowing through a conductor is directly proportional to the voltage divided by resistance. 

• Voltage

• Power

• Ohm's Law

• Ampere

1. a measure of the opposition to the current flow in an electrical circuit

• Ohms

• Resistance

• Current

• Circuit

1.  a unit of measurement that measures electric potential at a given point. 

• Power

• Ohm's Law

• Watts

• Volts

1.  the rates at which electrical energy is transferred by an electrical circuit

• Power

• Volts

• Voltage

• Current

1. a complete circular path that electricity flows through.

• Resistance

• Ohm's Law

• Circuit

• Ampere

1.  the standard unit of electrical power 

• Resistance

• Watts

• Current

• Power

1. a unit of measurement that measures the electrical resistance of a material, or device. 

• Ohms Law

• Volts

• Power

• Ohms

the pressure from an electrical circuit's power source that pushes charged electrons (current) through a conducting loop.

• Voltage

• Circuit

• Ampere

• Volts