Electricity Vocabulary

3. an electrical circuit where current flowing equally through all parts of a circuit flows first to one load and then on to the next one
5. a meter’s internal resistance
6. a unit of electrical current flow, 1 coulomb per second of electron flow
7. a meter with a dial whose needle is moved by a magnet
10. oscillating electrical current that surges from positive to negative and back again.
14. also called a condenser, it stores electricity.
16. an electrical device used to make heat or to control the intensity of a load.
17. a loss of voltage caused by current flow through a resistance
19. a one-way electrical check valve made by placing P-type and N-type crystals back to back.
21. a solid-state material that acts as both an insulator or a conductor
23. digital multimeter

1. the law governing the relationship between volts, ohms, and amps.
2. when electricity is produced by moving a magnetic field over a conductor.
4. when electrons flow in only one direction
8. a circuit with different branches that current can flow through, starting from a common point.
9. a material with atoms that allow electricity to flow freely.
11. the opposite of a conductor; they have no, or few, free electrons.
12. an electronic relay.
13. digital volt ohmmeter
15. the measurement of electrical pressure
18. when there is a break in the path of electrical flow in a circuit.
20. voltage, which pushes or pulls an electron out of its orbit
22. the unit of electrical resistance measurement.