Electric Circuits Vocabulary AMSTI

A device that can produce an electric current as a result of a chemical change.

• Battery

• Wire

• Filament

• Experiment

A system that connects electrical devices so that they will operate.

• filament

• experiment

• wire

• circuit

A metal strand used to connect electrical devices in a circuit.

• Wire

• Filament

• Experiment

• Circuit

A flow of electric charge through something.

• Electric Current

• Wire

• Series Circuit

• Experiment

A fine wire that becomes hot and produces light when an electric current passes through it.

• experiment

• parallel circuit

• series circuit

• filament

A procedure that is carried out to investigate a science question.

• Experiment

• Wire

• Circuit

• Series Circuit

A circuit where components are connected so current will follow more than one path.

• Parallel Circuit

• Series Circuit

• Electrical Circuit

• Filament

A circuit where components are in a single path so the current only follows one closed path.

• Parallel Circuit

• Series Circuit

• Battery

• Circuit

Any material that allows passage of electricity.

• Conductor

• Insulator

• Filament

• Circuit

A material that DOES NOT allow electricity to pass through it.

• Conductor

• Insulator

• Circuit

• Battery