Electricity

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Electricity
Electricity is a very useful way of moving energy from one place to another. Almost everything we do relies on electricity
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Cells
A device that transforms chemical energy into electric energy
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conductor
Something like a metal which allows electricity to pass through it
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insulator
Something that doesn't allow electricity to pass through such as a rubber or pencil
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switch
Something that completes an electrical circuit
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ammeter
A device that tells us the electrical current
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component
Part of an electrical circuit
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series circuit
A circuit with only one possible route around it
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Fuse
a devise that either melts or blows when when the current gets too big
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electrons
charged particles that can move through conductors
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parallel circuit
circuit with more then one route around it
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resistance
a measure of how difficult it is for electrical current to flow
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ring main
electrical circuit used in houses for lighting and power
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short circuit
a route around a component in a circuit, with very little resistance
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terminals
positive and negative end of a cell
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volt
unit of electrical push
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polarity
when a devise is not the same in both directions. It has a positive and negative end
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ampere
Unit of electrical current
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circuit
complete route from positive terminal of a battery to the negative terminal
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battery
two or more cells in series
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Card 2

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A device that transforms chemical energy into electric energy

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Cells

Card 3

Front

Something like a metal which allows electricity to pass through it

Back

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Card 4

Front

Something that doesn't allow electricity to pass through such as a rubber or pencil

Back

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Card 5

Front

Something that completes an electrical circuit

Back

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