Elements
Circuit terms
More circuit terms
100

A fine wire that becomes hot and produces light when an electric current passes through it.

What is a filament?
100

A system that connects electrical devices so that they will operate.

What is a Circuit?

100

An electric circuit in which the components are connected so that the current can follow more than one closed path.

What is a parallel circuit?

200

A device that can produce an electric current as a result of a chemical change in it.

What is a battery?

200

A material \through which an electric current can pass.

What is a conductor?

200

An electric circuit in which the components are in a single path so that the current has only one closed path to follow.

What is a series circuit?

300

A metal strand used to connect electrical devices in a circuit.

What is a wire?

300

A flow of electric charge through something.

What is electric current?

400

A material through which electric current will not pass.

What is an insulator?

500

A substance that can act as a conductor or an insulator.

What is a semiconductor?