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Electricity Vocabulary

Circuit and electricity words for word games: conductor, insulator, current, voltage and more.

  • 🎓 Grades 4–5
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  1. electricity

    Energy from moving charged particles

  2. circuit

    Closed path that electricity flows through

  3. current

    Flow of electric charge

  4. conductor

    Material that lets electricity flow easily

  5. insulator

    Material that blocks electricity

  6. battery

    Stores chemical energy to make electricity

  7. switch

    Opens or closes a circuit

  8. bulb

    Glass device that glows when current flows

  9. wire

    Thin metal strand that carries current

  10. series circuit

    Circuit with only one path

  11. parallel circuit

    Circuit with more than one path

  12. open circuit

    Broken path where electricity cannot flow

  13. closed circuit

    Complete path where electricity flows

  14. static electricity

    Electric charge that builds up on a surface

  15. electron

    Tiny negative particle that moves in a current

  16. volt

    Unit for the push of electricity

  17. generator

    Machine that turns motion into electricity

  18. motor

    Device that turns electricity into motion

  19. outlet

    Wall socket that supplies electricity

  20. electromagnet

    Magnet made with electric current

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