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Vocabulary
100
Two oppositely charged objects will...
What is attract?
100
A type of electric current abbrieviated by DC.
What is direct current?
100
The symbol for this is V.
What is voltage?
100
A closed pathway that lets electricity flow?
What is a circuit?
100
The region around a charged object in which an electric force is exerted.
What is an electric field?
200
A device that determines if an object is charged.
What is an electroscope?
200
The unit that electric current is expressed in.
What is amperes?
200
The rate at which electrical energy is converted into other forms of energy.
What is electric power?
200
This is another term for when the switch is closed.
What is turned on?
200
A negatively charged particle in an atom.
What is an electron?
300
A law that states like charges repel and opposite charges attract.
What is the law of electric charges?
300
A marine animal that can create a voltage of more than 600 volts.
What is the electric eel?
300
The unit of electrical energy.
What is kilowatt-hours?
300
A series circuit has this many pathways.
What is one?
300
A material in which charges can't move easily.
What is an electrical insulator?
400
A spontaneous charge of static electrcity created by the movement of water droplets, ice, and air in clouds.
What is lightning?
400
Poor conductors will have a higher amount of this.
What is resistance?
400
These two factors of electricity have an indirect relationship.
What is resistance and current?
400
In this device, if the current is too high, a metal strip will melt.
What is a fuse?
400
Rate at which charges pass a given point.
What is electric current?
500
When a bolt of lightning is sent into the ground by a conductor, like a wire.
What is grounded?
500
This object has the property of repelling magnets.
What is a superconductor?
500
This law is expressed by V= I x R
What is Ohm's law?
500
True/False: You should use electrical devices when your hands are wet.
What is false?
500
The potential difference between two points in a circuit.
What is voltage?
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