| A | B |
| Circuit Breaker | switch that opens or closes circuit by turning of or on |
| conductor | material through which electricity moves easily |
| electric charge | electrical property of particles of matter: positive or negative |
| electric circuit | path along which an electric current can move |
| electric current | continuous flow of electric charges |
| electric discharge | loss or release of electric charage (lightening) |
| filament | long, thin coil of wire that glows when electricity passes through it |
| fuse | a device in a circuit that contains a mental strip/melts and breaks when overheated |
| insulator | material through which electricity does not move easily (rubber) |
| parallel circuit | electric circuit with more than one path along electric current can travel |
| series circuit | electric circuitwhere parts a connected in single path |
| static electricity | electric charges built up on the surface of an object |
| switch | device that completes or breaks the path a current can follow in an electric circuit |
| electric cell | device that changes chemical energy to electrical energy |
| electromagnet | magnet made when an electric current passes through a wire coiled around an iron core |
| solar cell | sun energy into electrical energy |
| voltage | force of an electrical current measure in voltz |
| generator | device that changes energy of motion into electrical energy |
| solar energy | low cost energy from the sun |