14744814490 | series circuit | An electric circuit with a single path | 0 | |
14744814491 | Parallel circuit | Two or more paths that electricity can flow through, and there is a load connected to each path. | 1 | |
14744941907 | Volt meter | a device used to measure voltage | 2 | |
14744941908 | Ohmeter | Measures resistance | 3 | |
14744941909 | Ammeter | A device used to measure current in a circuit | 4 | |
14744941910 | Ampere | a unit of electric current equal to a flow of one coulomb per second. | 5 | |
14744941911 | Atom | Smallest particle of an element | 6 | |
14744941912 | Battery | A DC voltage source consisting of two or more cells that convert chemical energy into electrical energy | 7 | |
14744941913 | circuit | the complete path that an electric current travels along | 8 | |
14744941914 | conductor | A material that allows heat and electricity to pass through it. | 9 | |
14744941915 | Coulomb | SI unit of electric charge | 10 | |
14756226290 | current | the flow of electrons | 11 | |
14756226291 | Electron | a negatively charged subatomic particle | 12 | |
14756226292 | Insulator | A material that does not allow heat or electrons to move through it easily. | 13 | |
14756226293 | Joule | A unit of work equal to one newton-meter | 14 | |
14756226294 | kilo | thousand | 15 | |
14756226295 | Matter | Anything that has mass and takes up space | 16 | |
14756226296 | mega | one million | 17 | |
14756226297 | Neutrons | Electrically neutral partical that has the same mass as a proton and is found in an atom's nucleus. | 18 | |
14756226298 | ohm meter | the tool used to measure resistance | 19 | |
14756389982 | Power | the rate at which work is done | 20 | |
14756389983 | Protons | Positively charged particles | 21 | |
14756389984 | Resistance | An electrical property that opposes the flow of current through a circuit | 22 | |
14756389985 | Resistor | An electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current | 23 | |
14756389986 | schematic | relating to an outline or diagram; using a system of symbols | 24 | |
14756389987 | Solenoid | An electromagnetic coil used to control a mechanical device such as a valve. | 25 | |
14756389988 | Transformer | A device that increases or decreases the voltage of alternating current | 26 | |
14756389989 | valence shell | outermost electron shell | 27 | |
14756389990 | Volt | unit for measuring voltage | 28 | |
14756389991 | Voltage | Driving force which pushes current (Electrical Power) | 29 | |
14756389992 | Voltage drop | a reduction of electrical energy by an electrical device as current passes through it | 30 | |
14756389993 | Watt | SI unit of power | 31 | |
14757260405 | Diac | A three layer diode designed for use as a trigger in AC power control circuits | 32 | |
14757260406 | field-effect transistor | A transistor that controls the flow of current through it with an electric field | 33 | |
14757260407 | forward bias | Exist when voltage is applied to a solid state device in such a way to allow the device to conduct easily | 34 | |
14757260408 | Junction Field Effect Transistor (JFET) | A field effect transistor formed by combining layers of semiconductor material | 35 | |
14757260409 | N-type material | Material created by doping a region of a crystal with atoms from an element that has more electrons in its outer shell than the crystal | 36 | |
14757260410 | P-type material | A material created when a crystal is doped with atoms from an element that has fewer electrons in its outer shell than the natural crystal | 37 | |
14757320195 | Rectifier | A device or circuit commonly used to change ac voltage into dc voltage or as a solid state switch | 38 | |
14757320196 | reverse bias | A condition that exist when voltage is applied to a device in such a way that it causes the device to act as an insulator | 39 | |
14757320197 | semiconductor | Neither a good insulator or good conductor | 40 | |
14757320198 | Silicone controlled rectifier | A device used to convert ac voltage to dc voltage | 41 | |
14757320199 | Triac | A three terminal device used to control the average current flow to a load. | 42 |
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