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Current Science Vocabulary

Magnet: an object that attracts iron and few other metals
Attract: to come together
Repel: to push away

Electron: a particle with a negative charge
Atom: building blocks of matter

Current elcetricity: the steady flow of charges through certain materials
Circuit: a circular path that allows elctric to flow through it

Closed circuit: a complete path that electricity can flow through
Open circuit: an incomplete path that electricity cannot flow through

simple circuirt: a ciruit made with only 1 battery, 2 wires, and 1 light bulb
series ciruit: a circuit that has only one path for an electricity to follow
parallel circuit: a circuit with more than one pathway for electricity to flow through

conductor: a material that allows electricity to flow through it easily
insulator: a material that does not allow electricity to flow through it easily