Circuits
A circuit that contains a gap or break
What is an open circuit?
This unit is used to measure current
What is an AMP?
A list of materials that have been arranged according to their ability to hold on to electrons
What is the electrostatic series?
A material in which electrons can move easily between atoms
What is a conductor?
Current in which electrons move back and forth in a circuit
What is alternating current?
The four requirements to make a circuit
What are source, load, controller and conductor?
Another name for battery
What is a source?
The creation of charge in an object without directly touching a charged object
What is charge by induction?
These are 5 examples of insulators
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He experimented electricity using a kite
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
A circuit in which there is more than one path in which electrons can flow
What is a parallel circuit?
The ability to do work (power x time)
What is energy?
When a negatively charged balloon comes close to a neutral wall, they...
What is attract?
A material in which electrons can move fairly well between atoms
What is a semi-conductor?
The difference between the electrical potential energy per unit of charge at two points in a circuit
What is potential difference?
This device is used to measure the current in an electrical circuit
What is an ammeter?
The unit for measuring electrical power
What is a watt?
The largest form of static electricity
What is lightning?
A metal sphere or point, attached to the highest part of a building and connected to the ground
What is a lightning rod?
A formula that says the ratio of potential difference to current is a constant called resistance
What is Ohm's law?
A diagram that uses standard symbols to represent the components and an electric circuit and their connections
What is a circuit diagram?
The rapid transfer of electric charge from one object to another
What is electrical discharge?
A process in which objects made from different materials rub against each other, producing a new static charge
What is charge by friction?
The type of wire that conducts electricity best
What is a short, thick wire?
The property of a substance that hinders electric current and converts electrical energy to the forms of energy
What is electrical resistance?