Electric Current 

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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.

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Small Currents

What are measured in milliamperes (mA)

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Amperes

________- unit for measuring electric current (A)

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Voltage

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

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Electric Circuit

________- a complete pathway that allows electrons to flow.

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Electric Load

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

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Short Circuit

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

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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.

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Current Electricity

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

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Circuit Symbols

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

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