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|'''Electrical Cell'''
|'''Battery'''
|'''Variable Power Supply'''
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|[[File:CellSymbol.png|center|200px]]
|[[File:BatterySymbol.png|center|200px]]
|[[File:VariablePowerSupplySymbol.png|center|200px]]
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| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |A [[Electrical Cell|cell]] makes the [[electricity]] flow in a [[circuit]].
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |A [[battery]] is several [[Electrical Cell|cells]] connected together.
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |A [[Variable Power Supply|variable power supply]] is a source of [[electricity]] with a [[Potential Difference|potential difference]] which can be changed.
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|'''Alternating Current Supply'''
|'''Wires'''
|'''Filament Bulb'''
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|[[File:CellSymbolAlternatingCurrentSupplySymbol.png|center|200px]]
|[[File:WireSymbol.png|center|200px]]
|[[File:BulbSymbol.png|center|200px]]
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| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |A cell makes the An [[Alternating Current Supply|alternating current supply]] is a source of [[electricity flow in a circuit]] with an [[Alternating Current|alternating current]].| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Wires [[Wire]]s are the path for [[electricity ]] to flow.| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |A [[Electrical Bulb|filament bulb ]] lights up when [[electricity ]] flows through it.
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|[[File:MotorSymbol.png|center|200px]]
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| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |A [[Electrical Switch|switch ]] can complete or break a [[circuit ]] to turn it on and off.| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |A [[buzzer ]] makes a [[sound ]] when [[electricity ]] flows through it.| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |A [[motor ]] spins when [[electricity ]] flows through it.
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| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |An [[Ammeter]] is used to [[measure]] the [[Electrical Current|Current]] passing through part of a [[circuit]].
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|'''Variable Resistor'''
|'''Light Dependent Resistor'''
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |A [[Light Dependent Resistor|light dependent resistor (LDR)]] changes [[Electrical Resistance|resistance]] depending on [[light]] intensity, the lower the intensity the greater the [[Electrical Resistance|resistance]].
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |A [[thermistor]] changes [[Electrical Resistance|resistance]] depending on the [[temperature]].
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|'''Diode'''
|'''Light Emitting Diode'''
|'''Fuse'''
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|[[File:DiodeSymbol.png|center|200px]]
|[[File:LightEmittingDiodeSymbol.png|center|200px]]
|[[File:FuseSymbol.png|center|200px]]
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| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |A [[diode]] only allows [[Electrical Current|current]] through in one direction.
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |A [[Light Emitting Diode|light emitting diode (LED)]] only allows [[Electrical Current|current]] through in one direction and produces light when a [[Electrical Current|current]] flows through it.
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |A [[fuse]] is a thin piece of [[wire]] that will [[melt]] if too much [[Electrical Current|current]] passes through it.
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