Electricity Quiz Board Vocab

•A device that produces electricity by converting chemical

energy into electricity

•The flow of an electron through a circuit

•A measure of the potential difference between two points

that causes a current to flow between the points

•A material through which electricity doesn’t flow

•The buildup of an electric charge on an insulated body

•A closed continuous path through which electric current

flows

•Opposition (reduce or limit) to the flow of electrons in a

circuit.

•A machine that converts mechanical energy into electrical

energy

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Battery

CurrentVoltage

InsulatorStatic...Circuit

Resistance

Generator

•A material through which electricity flows easily

•A type of magnet made from a coil of wire and

an iron core

•The current in a wire is equal to the voltage

divided by the resistance

•The negatively charged particle located outside

the nucleus of an atom

•A method of charging by rearranging the electric

charges into groups of positive and negative

charges

•The loss of electricity as electric charges move

off an object

Conductor

Electromagnet

Ohm’s Law

Electron

Induction

Electric Discharge

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