Current 1
A complete/continuous path for electrons to flow through
What is a circuit?
Gives electrons energy
What is an energy source or battery?
Losing electrons creates this type of ion
What is a cation?
Gaining electrons creates this type of ion
What is an anion?
Converts electrical energy into light and heat
What is a lightbulb?
Type of current where electrons flow in one direction only
What is direct current?
What is attraction?
Electric force of pulling apart
What is repulsion?
Material that lets electrons flow through them easily
What are conductors?
Materials that do not let electrons to flow through easily
Charged objects attract neutral objects
Process in which a body gets charged by rubbing
What is friction?
Liquid (battery acid) or paste that provides energy to electrons so that they can move throughout the circuit from negative to positive.
What is an electrolyte?
Metal strips where electrons depleted of energy return to the battery.
What is the positive electrode?
This chart helps determine what materials gain or lose electrons during charging by friction
What is the electrostatic series?
Process of charging by making contact with a charged object
What is conduction?
Metal strips where energized electrons leave the battery and travel to the load (thing that needs to be powered) to give it energy.
What is the negative electrode?
Type of current provided by wall outlets
What is alternating current?
An infinite reservoir of electrons
What is the Earth?
The rapid transfer of electric charge (excess electrons) from one object to another, sometimes seen as sparks
What is electric(al) discharge?