Static electricity
The movement of electrons.
What is electricity?
The flow of electricity through a conductor.
What is electric current?
The unit for measuring electrical energy.
What is joule?
A circuit with only one path through which electricity can flow.
What is a series circuit?
Touching an active power line can result in this.
What is death/electrocution?
Negatively charged particles in atoms that can move from one place to another creating electric charge.
What are electrons?
An unbroken path of conductors through which electric current passes.
What is a circuit?
The unit for measuring the strength of electron movement.
What is volt?
A circuit with more than one path through which electricity can flow.
What is a parallel circuit?
A wire that is designed to break if too much current flows through it.
What is a fuse?
Objects that have equal numbers of protons and electrons.
What are neutral objects?
The device that opens or closes a circuit path.
What is a switch?
The unit of measurement for measuring the amount of electric charge moving in a circuit.
What is the amphere?
A circuit with little or no resistance, often resulting in a power outage or damage to electrical appliances.
What is a short circuit?
A switch that is designed to open when it detects too much electrical current.
What is a breaker?
The buildup of charged particles in an object creates this kind of electrical energy which may neutralize with a spark.
What is static electricity?
An object that limits or regulates the flow of electrons in a circuit.
What is a resistor?
The unit for measuring resistance in a circuit.
What is ohm?
This is the most common cause of short circuits.
What are frayed wires?
A device used to prevent spikes of electrical current from entering and damaging electronics.
What is a surge protector?
A term for when a conductor shares its excess charge of electricity with a much larger conductor, causing the electricity to safely neutralize.
What is grounding?
The device that causes the electrons to move along the path in a circuit.
What is a voltage source?
A measurement for electrical power that you might see on a lightbulb.
What is watt?
In a parallel circuit, current can do THIS to flow through remaining paths if one of the paths is broken.
What is redirect the flow of electricity?
A device on an outlet that turns the outlet off if it detects changes in electrical current.
What is a ground fault interrupter?