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Circuits
5.6B-Circuits & Electricity
Term | Definition |
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Conductor | Material that allows electric current or thermal (heat) energy to pass through easily. |
Open Circuit | A circuit or electrical path that is broken or incomplete so electricity can’t flow through it. |
Copper Wire | Thin, flexible thread made of copper. |
Flow | To move along in a smooth, steady, continuous path or stream. |
Current | Flow of electricity in a wire or other conductor. |
Electromagnetism | Magnetism produced by an electric current. |
Closed or Complete Circuit | A complete electrical circuit or path through which electricity or current can pass or flow. |
Circuit | Path followed by an electric current. |
Battery, Source, or Cell | A device that makes electricity by using chemical reactions, stores energy until it is needed. |
Insulator | Material that slows down or stops electric current or thermal (heat) energy from passing through. |
Electrical Energy (Electricity) | Energy from the movement of electrons. |
Light Energy | Radiant energy from the visible part of the electromagnetic spectrum that we can detect with our sense of sight. |
Mechanical or Kinetic Energy | Energy from moving parts. |
Sound Energy | Energy you can hear, produced by vibrations as they move through a medium such as air, metal, or water. |
Transform or Convert | To change into something else. |