| Term | Definition |
|---|
| conductor | allows electricity to flow |
| insulator | a material that does not allow electrons to flow |
| circuit | a complete path of electrons |
| static charge | to many electrons or not enough |
| Ohm's Law | V=RxV |
| electric current | the amount of electrical flow |
| potentioal difference | push that drives the electrons through the circuit |
| electric power | P=VxI measered in watts |
| static discharge | When electrons jump from one thing to another |
| electrical resistance | The opposition to the flow of current |
| battery | provides potential difference |
| photocell | Device that converts light energy into electrical energy |
| thermocouple | measures used for really high temperatures |
| ammeter | measers current |
| voltmeter | measures potential difference |
| lamp | changes electrical energy into heat and light |
| longer wire or thinner wire | more resistence comes from this type of wire |
| Shorter wirer or thicker wire | less resistence comes from this type of wire |
| 1 | How many electrolights in a battery |
| 2 | How many electrodes in a battery |
| Static electricity | electricity that does not flow |
| Repel | similar charges |
| Attract | unlike charges |
| negativly | Substances become ________ charged if they gain electrons |
| positivly | Substances become ________ charged if they lose electrons |
| An atom | has a positivly charged nucleaus surronded by fast moving negativly charged electrons |
| Leclanche Cell | dry cell battery |
| 4 | A 6 volt battery has _ leclanche cells |
| 6 | A 9 volt battery has _ leclanche cells |
| 1 | A 1.5 volt battery has _ leclanche cells |
| same | current is _______ every where around a series circuit |
| adds | In a seriese curciut potential difference ___ to the potential difference of a battery |
| same | The potential difference across a parellel circuit is ______ |
| conventional current | current that moves counter clock wise ( out of the positive side of the battery isn't true because only electrons move) |
| electron flow | current that moves clock wise (the real electron flow) |
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