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DES Unit 3 Electricity
Electricity Voc Words
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4th Grade
09/20/2007

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Term
charge
Definition
A measure of the extra positive & negative particles that an object has
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electric field
Definition
The space around an object in which electric forces occur
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static electricity
Definition
An electric charge that stays on an object
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electric force
Definition
Push or pull between objects with different charges
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attract
Definition

opposite charge-pull, each other

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repel
Definition
like charges-push away from, each other
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electric current
Definition
A flow of electric charges
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neutral
Definition
equal number of positve & negative particles
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circuit
Definition
A path that is made of an electric current
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conductor
Definition
A material that current can pass through easily
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insulator
Definition
A material that electric currents cannot pass through easily
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resistors
Definition
A material that resists the flow of current but doesn't stop it
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electric cell
Definition
A device that supplies energy to move charges through a current
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series circuit
Definition
A circuit that has only one path for current
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parallel circuit
Definition
A circuit that has more than one path along which a current can travel
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switch
Definition
uses conductors & insulators to make & break a circuit-turns it on & off
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