Static electricity - the build up of electric charge on a surface., Current electricity - the rate of flow of electrons in a conductor., electric circuit diagram example - light globe, Potential energy - energy held by an object waiting to be released and transfered., Circuit diagram - is a simplified version of a real circuit that shows how all the components in the circuit are connected., Series circuit - components are connected on the same branches of the wire., Parallel circuit - different components are connected on different branches of the wire., Voltage - is a measure of the difference in potential energy between two points., Resistance - Measured in ohms. It is the measure of the opposition to current flow in an electrical circuit., Insulator - material that has a high resistance to electron flow., Conductor - a material that has a low resistance to electron flow., Ohms law - formula to calculate the relationship between voltage, current and resistance in an electrical circuit.,

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