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Vocab 1Vocab 2True or False Picture This

Row 1, Col 1 A flow of electrical charges What is an electric current?

1,2 The buildup of electrical charges on an object What is static electricity?

1,3 An unbroken circuit is called an open circuit What is false?

1,4 Type the answer for 1,4 here. What is a parallel circuit? Type of circuit shown above

2,1 Materials that let charges flow through them easily What are conductors?

2,2 The strength of a power source What is voltage?

2,3 When two objects both have a negative charge they attract each other What is false?

2,4 What is static electricity? The type of electricity that is being discharged

3,1 A circuit in which the electric current follows more than one path What is a parallel circuit?

3,2 The electrical charges flow in the same direction along the same path What is a series circuit?

3,3 Electrical energy can be converted into heat What is true?

3,4 What is series and open? This is an example of a ________ circuit that is ________.

4,1 The ability of a substance to oppose or slow down electric current What is resistance?

4,2 These are used to change the voltage of electric current What are transformers?

4,3 An object has a positive charge if it has more positive particles than negative particles What is true?

4,4 What are wires and transformers? Electrical energy travels from a power station to your home through ____ and____.

5,1 This stops the flow of charges by switching off the current if it gets too high What is a circuit breaker?

5,2 This melts and breaks the circuit if the electric current in any part of a circuit gets too high What is a fuse?

5,3 A path with little resistance is sometimes called a series circuit What is true?

5,4 This can switch off if the current gets too high. What is a circuit breaker?