Magnet
Current
Circuits
Magnetism
Misc.
100
A small magnet that can turn freely.
What is compass?
100
The flow of negative charges through matter is called _____.
What is electric current?
100
The 4 things needed to make a circuit.
What are battery, light bulb, wire and switch?
100
An electromagnet is created when ________ flows through a wire.
What is electricity?
100
To avoid electric shock, you should never use electric appliances when you are ________.
What is wet?
200
If you sprinkle tiny pieces of iron over a magnet, the pattern shown forms a _________.
What is magnetic field?
200
If you plug too many appliances into one electric outlet, you can cause an _______.
What is an overload?
200
When the light is switched on, you have this type of circuit.
What is a closed circuit?
200
This happens when you put the north pole of one magnet towards the south pole of another magnet.
What is they attract?
200
A machine that produces electricity is called a ________.
What is a generator?
300
The invention of the compass shows the Earth acts like a giant ________.
What is magnet?
300
When you rub a balloon on your sleeve it picks up a________.
What is negative charge?
300
This type of circuit resembles a loop for an electric current to flow. Example: When you turn off one lamp, all the lights in the room go off.
What is a series circuit?
300
This happens when you hold the south poles of two magnets together.
What is repel?
300
Magnetic forces is strongest at a magnet's ______.
What are poles?
400
You can use a compass to find _______.
What is direction?
400
An electric current does not pass easily through an ________.
What is an insulator?
400
In a ________circuit each appliance or bulb has its own path for electricity to reach it.
What is a parallel circuit?
400
The 3 things you need to make an electromagnet.
What are a battery, wire and iron nail (or bolt)?
400
This protects your house from receiving too much current.
What is a transformer?
500
Charged particles from the sun are pulled and pushed into patterns in the sky near the Earth's magnetic fields.
What are northern lights?
500
Electric current passes easily through a ________.
What is a conductor?
500
Electricity can only flow through a circuit that is ________?
What is a closed circuit?
500
This is where you would find an electromagnet.
What is in an electric motor?
500
This is the reason wires are used to transfer electricity.
What is because metal is a good conductor of electricity?
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