Electricity 1
What are is the sudden flow of electric charge between two charged objects due to a build up of static electricity?
Static Discharge/Electricity
Anything that has a mass and takes up space.
Matter
Simplest form of matter.
Atom
Unit of resistance (R)
Ohms
A closed path an electric current flows through.
Circuit
What is the transfer of electrons through electric fields working over a distance?
Induction
Transfer of electrons through direct contact.
Conduction
Materials that black the flow of electrons through them.
Insulators
A device that triggers a switch to open circuit when current is too high.
Circuit breaker
A small metallic strip that melts when the current become too high.
Fuse
What is the transfer of electrons through rubbing objects?
Friction
An object added to a circuit that restricts the flow of electrical energy
Resistor
The force that causes charge to move.
Voltage (Potential) difference
A device that converts chemical energy to electrical energy
Battery
Circuits with some segments being in a series and other segments being in parallel.
Complex/Combination circuit
What is a material that allows electron to flow easily?
Conductor
Process of removing excess charge on an object by transferring electrons to another object to neutralize the electrical imbalance.
Grounding
The net movement of electric charge in a single direction.
Electric current
The tendency of materials to oppose the flow of electrons through it
Resistance
A device that is used to control the flow of current through a circuit.
Switch
What is an area surrounding charged particles/objects within which a force can be exerted on other charged particles/objects?
Electric field
Charge cannot be created or destroyed, only transferred.
Law of Conservation of Charge
The force of attraction or repulsion on a charged particle that is due to an electric field.
Electric force
The sum of all resistance in a circuit from all components.
Equivalent resistance (Req)
The amount of current is directly proportional to the voltage difference.
Ohm's law