Ch8 - Electricity Vocabulary

What is a switch?

• A device that stores electrical energy

• A conductor that can be moved to either bridge or not bridge the gap in a circuit

• A material that allows electricity to flow through it easily

• A circuit with multiple paths for electricity to flow.

What is an electrolyte?

• A solid substance that blocks electricity

• A liquid or paste substance that conducts electricity

• A device that measures electrical current

• A circuit with only one path for electricity.

What is a conductor?

• A material that allows electricity to flow through it easily

• A device that stores electrical energy

• A circuit with multiple paths for electricity

• A measurement of electrical force.

What is a series circuit?

• A circuit that has only one path for electricity to travel

• A circuit with multiple paths for electricity

• A device that measures electrical current

• A material that blocks electricity

What is a short circuit?

• A circuit with multiple paths for electricity

• When electricity takes an unexpected path; can cause sparks and fires

• A device that stores electrical energy

• A measurement of electrical force.

What is a battery?

• A) A device that measures electrical current

• B) Contains one or more electric cells and is the source for an electrical current

• C) A material that allows electricity to flow through it easily

• D) A circuit with only one path for electricity.

What is an insulator?

• A) A material that allows electricity to flow through it easily

• B) A device that stores electrical energy

• C) Does not allow electricity to flow through it (ex.: plastic, wood, glass)

• D) A circuit with multiple paths for electricity.

What is a circuit?

• A continuous, unbroken path through which electricity can flow

• A device that measures electrical current

• A material that blocks electricity

• A circuit with multiple paths for electricity

What is a watt?

• The measurement of power (or how fast work is done)

• A device that stores electrical energy

• A circuit with only one path for electricity

• A material that allows electricity to flow through it easily.

What is an ampere?

• The measurement of how much current flows through a given part of a circuit in one second

• A device that measures electrical current

• A circuit with multiple paths for electricity

• A material that blocks electricity

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS3-5