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Circuits
Chapter 1 Electricity
Question | Answer |
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static electricity | the build up of electric charges that stay on an object |
electric charge | parts of matter that are described as positive or negative charges |
electric current | the flow of electric charges |
series circuit | a circuit with one path of current. |
parallel circuit | a circuit with more than one path of current |
conductor | a material that electric current can easily pass through |
circuit | a path that is made for an electric current |
repel | when like charges are near each other |
attract | when unlike charges are near each other |
What type of circuit is it when one broken bulb makes the entire string of lights go out? | series circuit |
battery | source of energy |
What type of circuit is it when one broken bulb does not make the entire string of lights go out? | parallel circuit |