| A | B |
|---|
| solar cells | mechanisms that convert light to electricity |
| components | parts or items in a circuit |
| curcuit | a pathway though which electricity may be able to flow |
| closed circuit | an unbroken pathway thru which ee can flow |
| open circuit | a broken pathway thru which ee cannot flow |
| Positive Terminal | ee flows OUT of thid osrt of the battery |
| negative terminal | ee flows INTO this part of the terminal |
| direct current | ee that flows in one direction |
| alternative current | ee that has back & forth flow |
| current | flow of ee |
| energy | ability to do work |
| generator | mechanisms that mechanically create ee |
| battery | mechanisms that chemically creat ee |
| Static ee | a build-up of electrical charges @ rest |
| lightning | a discharge of Static ee from a cloud |
| protons | positively charged particles in the nuecleus |
| conductors | materials that allow free flow of lectrons |
| ions | charged atoms |
| nuetral | equal # of protons &electrons |
| induction | materials become charged b/c of a rearrangement of electrons |
| eight | # of electrons in the second atomic shell |
| electric discharge | loss of static ee as charge move pff an object |
| nuetrons | nuetral parts in the nuecleus |
| friciton | removes electrons from atoms |
| two | # of electrons in the 1st atomic shell |
| conduction | charging thru direct contact |
| insulators | materials that dont let electrons flow |
| electric field | area where electrical force can b detected |
| nuecleus | center of atom |
| electrons | negativly charged particasls of an atoms |
| electroscope | device consisting of a metal rod w/ 2 thin metal leaves |
