Electricity Vocabulary
Friction
The motion of surfaces or materials
sliding/rubbing against each other
Idiom is the figure of speech that uses a combination of words which challenges the conventional usage of those words.
What is the idiom that you found in the novel/poem?
Type it in.
Example: 'a stitch in time saves nine'.
Non-Renewable resource
A resource that cannot be re-used
or replaced naturally
Renewable resource
A resource that can be used repeatedly
or replaced naturally
Repulsion
The process between objects repelling
each other
Attraction
the process between objects being
drawn to each other
Battery
A power source that consists of one or
multiple electrochemical cells that power
electrical devices
Parallel circuit
A closed circuit that the current divides into
two or more paths before combing back
to each other to complete the circuit
Series circuit
Consists of a path along the way the
whole current runs through each component
Alliteration is the figure of speech that uses the repetition of the first sound or sounds in words following each other in succession.
What is the alliteration that you found in the novel/poem? Type it in.
Example:
- ''They thrive on thistle and I thoroughly thought that I threw the thistle out there.''
Circuit
A closed path that allows electricity to
move from one point to another
Electricity generation
Generating electric power from primary
energy sources
Lightning
A natural electrical discharge of short
duration but a high voltage between
a could and the ground
Neutral charge
Having the same amount of charge in
one proton equal to the amount in one
electron
Simile is a figure of speech that compares two objects through some connective word such as 'like', 'as', 'so', 'than', or a verb such as 'resembles'.
What simile did you find in the novel/poem? Type it in.
Example:
- 'Within the irregular arc of coral the lagoon was still as a mountain lake.'
Negative charge
Having a higher amount of electrons;
a lower electric potential
Positive charge
Having a smaller amount of electrons;
a higher electric potential
Law of Electro-Static
The size of the electrostatic force of attraction
or repulsion between two point charges is
directly proportional to the product of the
magnitudes of charges and inversely proportional
to the square of the distance between them
Electricity
A basic form of energy seen in
positive and negative forms that
occur naturally.
The hyperbole is a figure of speech that uses exaggerations to create emphasis or effect.
What hyperbole did you find in the novel/poem? Type it in.
Example:
- 'All that we see or seem / Is but a dream within a dream.'
Energy
Characteristic that is transferred to an object
to achieve heat to the object
Allusion is the figure of speech that makes a reference to a well-known person, place, or thing in literature and history.
What is the allusion that you found in the novel/poem? Type it in.
Example:
- 'Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear'.
Watt
A unit of power equal to one Joule per second
Power
The unit time which electrical energy is moving
by a circuit
Ohm
The resistance in a circuit transferring one ampere
to a possible one volt
Resistance
A measure of resistance to current flow
in a circuit
Ampere
The base unit of electrical current
Amperage
The power of an electric current in amperes
Volt
The difference that would drive one ampere
of current against one ohm resistance
Onomatopoeia is the figure of speech that uses words whose sounds suggest their meanings. Think of words related to water, air, collisions, sounds, voice, etc.
What is the onomatopoeia that you found in the novel/poem? Type it in.
Example:
'The moan of doves in immemorial elms,
And murmuring of innumerable bees...'.
Voltage
A circuits power source that pushes currents
through a conducting circle
Current
Movement of how much electric charge passes
through a point within the circuit, in 1 second
Static
Produced by friction that causes little
crackling sounds
Insulator
prevents electrons from flowing
Metaphor is a figure of speech that compares two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.
What is the metaphor that you found in the novel/poem? Type it in.
Example:
'The rain came down in long knitting needles.'
Conductor
Allows electrons to flow
Neutron
A subatomic particle (n^0) neutral charge
and located in the nucleus.
Electron
A subatomic particle (e^-) negative charge
and located outside the nucleus.
Proton
A subatomic particle (p^+) positive charge
and located in the nucleus.
Personification is a figure of speech which gives human qualities to nonhuman things.
Type in the personification you found in the novel/poem.
Example:
'- Not to-night, good Iago: I have very poor and unhappy brains for drinking.'
