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| Electricity | A form of energy made by electrons. |
| Current Electricity | The flow of free electrons along a pathway such as a wire. |
| Static Electricity | Electrons that do not flow, but build up on material |
| Circuit | The pathway on which current travels |
| Insulators | Materials that do not allow electricity to flow |
| Conductors | Materials that allow electrical currents to pass more easily |
| Magnetism | A force that can attract or repel certain substances |
| Electromagnet | A magnet created by the flow of electric current |
| Atom | Smallest particle of matter that keeps the characteristics of the material |
| Proton | Positive subatomic particle - found in the nucleus of an atom |
| Electron | Negative subatomic particle - found around the nucleus of an atom |
| Neutron | Neutral subatomic particle - found in the nucleus of an atom |
| Nucelus | The center of an atom - made up of protons and neutrons |
| Positive Charge | When an atom has given up electrons |
| Negative Charge | When an atom has extra electrons |
| Benjamin Franklin | Inventor who discovered lightning was naturally occurring static electricity |
| Lightning | Naturally occuring static electricity caused by a build up of electrons in a cloud jumping to a positively charged position |
| Resistor | Something that slows the flow of electrons down |
| Dry Cell | A battery which has chemicals in side it to react and release energy |
| Series Circuit | A circuit with two or more bulbs being powered with one path for the electricity |
| Parallele Circuit | A circuit with two or more paths for electrons to move down - one circuit can be broken but the other bulbs still work |
| Simple Circuit | A circuit made of one bulb, one power source, and a switch |
| Permanent Magnet | A material which has a magnetic pull and cannot be turned off or taken apart |
| Magnetic Field | The area around a magnetic object show the lines of force |
| Lines of Force | Lines created by the magnetic field of an object - always flow from North to South poles |
| Michael Faraday | Inventor who developed electromagnets and the first electric generator |
| Thermal Energy | The energy associated with heat |
| Mechanical Energy | Energy associated with motion |
| Radiant Energy | The energy associated with light |
