Vocab 2 Flashcards
Energy Transfer
When energy moves from one place to another.
Pathway
Ex: conducting wires that connect the two terminals of battery.
Open and closed circuits
Open circuits: An curtain is a curtain in which the path is incomplete which means there’s no flow of current.Closed circuit:A closed curtain is a curtain in which the path is complete and there is a flow of current in the entire path.
Switch
a switch is an electrical component that is used to turn on and off any equipment like a television, washing machine, light, fans, Electronics.
Electric Current
electric current is the flow of electric charge from one place to another in a curtain.
Electric curtain model
an electric current has to power a source wires for the electricity to flow through and a device such as a lamp or a motor that uses electricity curtains.
Insulators
keep track of that do not allow an electricity to pass through. Ex glass air cotton plastic rubber and wood.
Conductors
Substances that an electric charge can pass trough without difficulty. Ex: power lines, fences for live stocks , battery jumper cables, powering electronic devices, also copper, aluminum, steel, gold and silver.
Source
Such as a battery.
User
Such as a light bulb or other device that uses energy.