What do you call a negatively charged particle?
an electron
What do you call a positively charged particle?
a protron
What do you call a particle WITHOUT an electric charge?
a neutron
What do you call the continuous flow of electric charges through a material?
an electric current
What do you call a material that allows electricity to pass through it?
a conductor
What do you call a material that DOES NOT allow electricity to pass through it?
an insulator
What do you call a device that produces energy for electrons to move?
a generator
What do you call a generator that uses chemical processes to produce an electrical current?
a battery
What do you call a generator that transforms motions into an electrical current?
an alternator
What do you call a generator that uses energy from the sun to produce an electrical current?
a photovoltaic solar cell
What do you call a generator that produces energy from oxygen in the air and hydrogen?
a hydrogen cell
What do you call a set of components through which an electric current flows?
an electric circuit
What component transforms electric energy into more useful type of energy?
a receptor
What do you call the components that manage the flow of the current?
control components
What do you call a control component that has two positions?
a switch
What do you call a control component that can communicate with two different circuits?
a 3-way switch
