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Science 5-4-07
Electricity and Magnetism Test #1
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4th Grade
05/04/2007

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Electric charges
Definition
Tiny particles that carry units of electricity.
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Static electricity
Definition
An electric charge that builds up on a material.
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Electric current
Definition
A continous flow of electric charges.
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Conductors
Definition
Materials that negatively charged particles can move through easily.
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Insulators
Definition
Materials that electric charges do not move through easily.
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Electric circuit
Definition
The pathway that an electric current follows.
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Series Circuit
Definition
A circuit in which the parts are connected so that the electric current passes through each part along a single pathway.
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Electric cell
Definition
A device that turns chemical energy into electrical energy.
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Parallel circuit
Definition
A circuit in which the parts are connected so that the electric current passes along more than one pathway.
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