Chapter 8 Electricity

3. how easy or hard it is for electricity to flow through a material
6. a device that uses electrical energy
7. a circuit with more than one path for the current to travel
11. a device that protects a circuit form overloads by opening the circuit after a response from a magnet
12. when a circuit carries more than the safe level of current
13. a complete, unbroken path for electrical current
15. an incomplete path with no electrical current
16. difference in voltage between the ends of a conductor
18. a circuit that has only one path for the current to travel
21. the potential energy of a charged object because of where it is in an electric field

1. the area surrounding a charged object
2. the attraction and repulsion between charged objects
4. circuit when an alternative path is created for a current
5. an electrical property of matter that creates a force between objects; the measure of this property
8. the potential energy of a charged object because of where it is in an electric field
9. the unit in which electrical potential energy is measured
10. the flow of electric charges
14. a device that protects a circuit form overloads by melting and opening the circuit
17. an electrical device that is connected so that it makes a path for electric charges to move
19. when a charged item rearranges the charges in a neutral object without touching it
20. push away