science(electricity)
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- electric charge
- having too many or too few electrons
- static electricity
- The buildup of electric charges on an object
- insulator
- a material through which electric current does not pass easily
- conductor
- material where electrons can move easily
- electroscope
- device that detects electric charges
- electric current
- the continuous flow of electric charges through a material
- resistance
- an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current
- battery
- temporary source of electric current
- circuit
- path of electric conductors
- series current
- an electric current that flows in one path only
- parallel circuit
- An electric circuit with multiple paths
- complex circuit
- made up of series and parallel circuits
- volt
- unit to measure electric potential
- ampere
- unit of measuring rate of electron flow in a circuit
- switch
- device to break a circuit
- power
- rate which device converts electrical energy to another form of energy?