Electric Current

Conventional Current

_________-the concept that objects with excess electrical build- up to be positive and objects with the shortage of electrical fluid to be negative.

Small Currents

What are measured in milliamperes (mA)

Amperes

________- unit for measuring electric current (A)

Voltage

What is what pushes electrons around a circuit, without it electrons will move in different directions? Answer with a single words or term.

Electric Circuit

________- a complete pathway that allows electrons to flow.

Electric Load

________- any device that transforms electrical energy into other forms of energy.

Short Circuit

________- happens when the current going through wires does not travel the correct path of the electrical current.

Electrons

What are pushed from the negative terminal of the battery along the conducting wires through a load and end up on the positive terminal? Answer with a single words or term.

Current Electricity

________- the continuous flow of charge in a complete circuit.

Circuit Symbols

________- symbols that help simplify complex circuits in a diagram.