Electricity Unit Vocabulary

A small electrical charge

• fuse

• amp

• electron

• volt

a device that either opens or closes a circuit

• fuse

• switch

• amp

• current

material through which electric current CAN flow with little or no resistance

• insulator

• current

• conductor

• electron

tendency for a material to reduce the flow of current in a circuit

• switch

• series circuit

• insulator

• resistance

the path an electric current flows through

• resistance

• volt

• circuit

• insulator

the flow of electrical charge or electrical force

• parallel circuit

• amp

• current

• volt

measure of electric current

• amp

• volt

• electron

• fuse

material through which electric current CANNOT flow

• insulator

• series circuit

• conductor

• switch

a circuit where the current flows through components one after the other

• series circuit

• volt

• current

• parallel circuit

measure of the strength of an electrical power source

• volt

• amp

• current

• electron