Static Electricity
Which particles move around to charge objects
Electrons
What device opens or closes a circuit?
Electricity in a series circuit can only move this way.
Along ONE path
Easy way to recognize a parallel circuit.
More than one path or branch
Which materials have a tight hold on their electrons?
Insulators
How fast electrons flow is called ______.
Electric Current
As you connect more bulbs their brightness does this _________.
Gets dimmer
This describes the glow of lights as you connect them in parallel
Stays the same
Rubbing two different objects together would be considered charging by _______________?
Friction
What unit is used to measure resistance?
Ohms
This occurs if a bulb burns out or is removed from a series circuit
Current stops flowing/shuts off
This happens to bulbs in different branches if one burns out
Stay lit/on
Discharging an object by allowing electrons to flow to the Earth is called?
Grounding
What object is used to measure electric current?
Ammeter
What a switch can do to all the bulbs in a series circuit
Turns them ALL on/off
This happens to the overall current in an electric circuit as you add loads in parallel
Increases
This happens to a neutral object like a pith ball when a charged rod is brought close.
Attracts
What device measures electrons before and after a load and needs to be connected around a load in parallel?
Voltmeter
Response of current on an ammeter when you add new bulbs to a loop
Slows down
Different rooms in most buildings are wired this way.
Parallel