1. Can we get those electrons moving?
Chapter 17
Can we get those electrons moving?

2. Electric Discharge
The release of electricity from a source – like a cumulonimbus cloud

3. Static electricity
Electric charges that are at rest

4. Electric field
The space around a charged
object

5. Electric force
How much a attraction or repulsion an object has.

6. Law of electric charges
Likes repel and opposites attract.

7. Insulator
Materials that don’t let heat move freely

8. conductor
A materials that lets charges
flow freely.

9. Electric current
How fast does a charge move past a given point Measured in amps

10. voltage
how much difference could be between
two points

11. Resistance
Anything that slows down the movement of current

12. cell
A device that produces a current by converting chemical or radiant energy into electricity

13. photocell
Device that converts light into electrical energy

14. thermocouple
Changes heat into electrical energy

15. Electric power The rate at which Electricity is changed
Into other forms

16. Series Circuit
A circuit where parts are joined
one after another.

17. Parallel Circuits
A circuit where the parts are joined in branches.