Electricity

2. another term for a battery in a circuit.
5. a switch or a thin piece of wire that burns up quickly when a current starts flowing too fast in a circuit.
6. materials through which charged particles are able to move.
7. when electrical current flows along a different path from the one that was intended.
10. a measure of how difficult it is for the charged particles in an electric circuit to move.
12. the positioning of loads (e.g. lights) in an electric circuit so that they are connected to the battery separately.
13. the difference in the electrical potential.

1. the movement of negatively charged electrons around an electric circuit.
3. a material that conducts electricity in one form and insulates against it in another.
4. a closed pathway that conducts electrons.
8. the positioning of loads (e.g. lights) side by side in an electric circuit so that the electrical energy passes through one load at a time.
9. a materials that does not allow the movement of charged particles.
11. a piece of equipment used to measure current.