Electricity Study Vocab

What is the condition called when a particle has equal amounts of positive and negative charges?

• Electrically neutral

• Charged

• Ionized

• Polarized

What is the condition called when there is an unbalanced amount of positive or negative charges?

• Electrically charged

• Neutral

• Magnetism

• Conductivity

A material in which electric charges cannot easily move?

• electric force

• electric Insulator

• electric conductor

• Superconductor

Process of an unbalanced electric charge becomes balanced

• Conductor

• electric discharge

• Semiconductor

• Superconductor

What is a material called in which electric charges easily move?

• Insulator

• electric Conductor

• electric discharge

• electric insulator

What is the force called that two electrically charged objects apply to each other?

• Electric force

• Magnetic force

• Gravitational force

• Nuclear force

Invisible region around a charged object where an electric force is applied and felt called?

• Electric field

• Magnetic field

• Gravitational field

• Electromagnetic field

Movement/ flowing of electrically charged particles called?

• Electric current

• Magnetic field

• Resistance

• Voltage

Closed or complete path in which an electric current flows called

• Electric circuit

• Magnetic field

• Electric current

• Voltage

A machine that transforms mechanical energy to electric energy?

• A car

• generator

• Electric current

• Voltage