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allsaintsscience on February 16, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Luigi Galvani | made frog leg move |
| Alessandro Volta | Italian scientist who built 1st electric battery |
| what the 1st electric battery was built out of | silver, zinc, and paper soaked in water |
| some examples of insulators | glass, rubber, plastic, asphalt, fiberglass |
| more examples of insulators | porcelain, ceramic, quartz, dry cotton |
| insulator | material through which a charge can not flow easily |
| some examples of conductors | silver, copper, gold, aluminum, iron |
| more examples of conductors | brass, steel, bronze, mercury, graphite, water |
| conductors | material through which a charge can flow easily |
| electrical potential | potential energy per unit of electrical charge |
| electric circuit | complete, unbroken path through which electric charges can flow |
| amp | the unit of electric current |
| electric current | continuous flow of electric charges through a material |
| electrochemical cell | device that converts chemical energy to electric energy |
| electric shocks | severity depends on current(amp) |
| circuit | electrically grounded when charges able to flow directly from circuit into Earth incase of short circuit |
| third prong | round part of plug |
| fuse | device that has a thin strip of metal that melts if too much current flows through it |
| circuit breaker | safety device that uses electromagnet to shut off circuit when current gets too high |
| electrolyte | device that conducts electric current |
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