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When you use a wooden spoon and a metal spoon in a hot pot of soup the metal spoon gets really hot because it is a __________ while the wooden spoon does not because it is a ___________.
Conductor; insulator
A ______ is an object that attracts iron and a few other metals.
magnet
A material that readily allows electric charges to pass through it is called a _______.
Conductor
A material that resists the flow of electric charges is called an ________
Insulator
a device that converts mechanical energy to electrical energy
Generator
A circuit with several different paths for the charges to follow is called a _______ circuit.
Parallel
A ______ circuit has only one path for electric charges to follow. If any part of the path breaks, the circuit is open. Nothing works!
Series
A _______ is a path along which electric charges can flow.
circuit
An _________ is a machine that changes electrical energy into energy of motion.
electrical motor
A refrigerator uses an _______ motor to keep foods cold.
electric
One part of a circuit breaks but charges are still flowing along other parts of the circuits and powering a lightbulb. What type of circuit is this.
Parallel Circuit
A ________ field is the space around the magnet where the force of the magnet acts.
Magnetic
A device in which current produces magnetism is called an ___________.
electromagnet
Huge ___________ in energy stations produce electricity that travels through wires to homes, schools, and businesses.
Generators
If you place the N poles of two magnets near each other, they _______. Like poles _____ each other.
repel; push away