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Parts of Circuits
Complicated Cells
100
When the switch is off and the current cannot flow
What is an Open Circuit
100
Electric current that flows in one direction
What is Direct Current
100
Negative to Positive
What direction do the electrons flow
100
Parallel
What circuit divides the electric current to flow through different pathways
200
When the switch is on and the currents can flow
What is a Closed Circuit
200
The flow of electrons
What is Electric Current
200
A battery uses a chemical reaction to create an electric current
How does a battery create an electric current
200
Schematic circuit diagrams
What kind of plan has symbols instead of words
300
Controls the flow of electric current
What is a Switch
300
Electricity produced by the flow of electrons along a path
What is Current electricity
300
Metals: copper or steel wire
Example of a conductor
300
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Draw a series circuit using the correct symbols: cell, conducting wire, lightbulb...
400
Materials that don’t allow materials to flow easily
What is an Insulator
400
more than one pathway for current to flow
A parallel circuit
400
Plastic and wood.
Example of an Insulator
400
Electrodes and electrolytes in a chemical mixture
What are the two metal plates called in an electric cell
500
Material that lets electricity flow through them easily
What is a Conductors
500
Only one pathway for current to flow through
Series circuits
500
1. Source of electricity (generator or battery) 2. A pathway for electrons to flow through 3. Electrical device to operate
What are Three Parts to a Circuit
500
The chemical mixture of electolytes
What causes the creation of electrons and acceptance of them?
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