Electricity - answer A form of energy that can be used to produce sound, light, heat, and
power
Electric current - answer Flow of electricity along a conductor
Conductor - answer A material that allows heat and electricity to pass through it.
Conductor material - answer copper, silver, iron.
Insulator - answer A material that doesn't allow heat to flow through it easily.
Insulator material - answer Rubber, Plastic, Glass, Wood.
Electric Wire - answer Cable which carries energy
Rectifier - answer Apparatus that changes alternating current (AC) to direct current
(DC).
Converter - answer An apparatus that changes direct current (DC) to (AC) alternating
current.
Transformer - answer Used to change the voltage of a current.
Rheostat - answer Instrument used to regulate the strength of a current.
Condenser - answer An apparatus used for collecting charges of electricity in which the
2 conducting surfaces are separated by some insulating material.
Voltage - answer The force / pressure to push the electric current around the circuit.
Volt - answer A unit of electrical pressure.
Wattage - answer The amount of electric power / energy.
Watt - answer A unit of electrical energy / power.
Amperage - answer The strength of a current.
Amp - answer A unit of electrical strength.
, Milliampere - answer A unit of measurement of electric current which is on thousandth
of an ampere.
Frequency - answer is the number of waves that pass any fixed point in a second.
Hertz - answer Measures frequency.
Wavelength - answer The distance between corresponding points on successive waves.
Microcurrent - answer Low intensity DC direct current.
Electric circuit - answer Can be defined as the path of an electric current linking the
electrical appliance to the electricity supply.
Short circuit - answerThis occurs when 2 bare wires touch. There is a blue flash and the
wires in contact will burn. A short circuit may be caused by using old frayed flexes or
incorrectly connected flexes or plugs.
Atom - answer Smallest particle of an element (carbon, oxygen, hydrogen) that enters
into a chemical combination. It contains nucleus which contains protons (+charge) and
neutrons (neutral charge). Found orbiting around the nucleus are electrons (-charge).
Element - answer A form of matter that cannot be changed into simpler substances by
any chemical process or by heating. Elements exist in nature as solids, liquids, or
gases.
Matter - answer Anything that has mass and takes up space.
Chemical combination - answer Chemical compound
Electrons - answer Have a negative charge.
Protons - answer Have a positive charge.
Ion - answer An atom or group of atoms that has an electric charge.
Cation - answer Positively charged ION which travels towards the Cathode (black lead)
(- negative).
Anion - answer Negatively charged ION which travels against the current to the Anode
(red lead) (+ positive).
Cathode - answerNegative pole or electrode (black lead).
Anode - answerPositive pole or electrode (red lead).
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