Electricity Vocabulary Review

The basic unit of matter.

• atom

• electron

• magnet

• insulator

Negatively charged particles.

• electron

• magnet

• atom

• proton

A buildup of charges on an object that is rapidly transferred to another object.

• Static Electricity

• Magnetic

• Proton

• Open Circuit

The energy of moving electrons.

• Electrical Energy

• Static Electricity

• Insulator

• Open Circuit

A path through which electric charges can flow.

• Electric Circuit

• Open Circuit

• Electron

• Conductor

An incomplete electrical circuit in which no current flows.

• Open Circuit

• Electrical Circuit

• Conductor

• Insulator

Having the power to attract.

• Magnetic

• Proton

• Neutron

• Electron

Any material that attracts iron or materials containing iron.

• Magnet

• Magnetic

• Proton

• Electron

An electric circuit through which current can flow in an uninterrupted path.

• Closed Circuit

• Open Circuit

• Static Electricity

• Electrical Electricity

The release of electricity stored in a source and passed to another.

• Electric Discharge

• Closed Circuit

• Electrical Energy

• Electron