Static Electricity
Rubbing your hair on a balloon is an example of charging by…
Friction
Provides an electric circuit with electrical energy.
Source
This quantity is measured using a voltmeter.
Voltage
This type of circuit provides loads with independence over other loads.
Parallel
Shocking your hand on a door handle is an example of charging by…
Contact/Conduction
The device that is used to measure the electrical current in a circuit.
Ammeter
The units for Electrical Current are…
Amperes
As the number of light bulbs wired in parallel increases, the brightness of each light bulb…
Stays the same
A list of materials that are arranged based on how well they hold onto electrons.
Electrostatic Series
This device will melt and break when a circuit has an excessive amount of current flowing through it.
Fuse
The units for resistance are Ohms, which are represented by the Greek letter…
Omega
In a parallel circuit, this quantity is distributed across each load
Total current
When a charged object rearranges the electrons in a nearby, neutral object, this is known as charging by…
Converts electrical energy in a circuit into other forms of energy.
Load
When given values for current and resistance, the voltage can be calculated by…
Multiplying the numbers
In a series circuit, this quantity is distributed across each load
Source voltage