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Shocking
Currents
Useful Circuits
Simple Circuits
Vocabulary
100
The movement of electrically charged particles, such as electrons
What is an electric current?
100
Electrons continually added to one end of a wire to create a constant one-way flow
What is a direct current?
100
A microwave
What is an example of a useful circuit?
100
Flashlights
What is an example of a simple circuit?
100
An electric circuit that has only one path through which electric current can flow
What is a series circuit?
200
Needed to create a path from the battery to a light bulb.
What is an electric conductor like a wire?
200
An electric current that continually reverses direction
What is alternating current?
200
An object where the electric circuit is complete or closed.
What is a useful circuit?
200
Contains a source (battery), an electric device (lightbulb) and an electric conductor (wire)
What is a simple circuit?
200
An electric circuit where each device connects to the electric source with a separate path or branch
What is a parallel circuit?
300
Keeps electricity from moving through an object.
What is an insulator?
300
The current in your home
What is an example of alternating current?
300
Vacuum Cleaner
What is an example of a useful circuit?
300
Missing from this simple circuit: battery (source) and lightbulb (device)
What is a conductor?
300
In an electric circuit; it is the amount of energy used to move one coulomb of electrons through the circuit.
What is voltage?
400
A measure of how difficult it is for an electric current to flow in a material.
What is electric resistance?
400
Battery operated flashlight
What is an example of a direct current?
400
A useful circuit is this; as opposed to open.
What is closed or complete?
400
Missing from this simple circuit: Wire (conductor) and battery (electric energy)
What is a lightbulb or device?
400
One coulomb of electrons is equal to 6 quintillian 6,000,000,000,000,000,000
What is voltage?
500
The two types of electric currents
What is direct current and alternating current?
500
Electricity traveling in this kind of current continually reverses direction.
What is alternating current?
500
An example of a useful circuit
What is a microwave, vacuum cleaner, any object plugged into the wall?
500
Missing from this simple circuit: Lightbulb (device) and wire (conductor)
What is a battery or electric energy source?
500
AC and DC
What is alternating current and direct current?