ELECTRICITY
MAGNETISM
CIRCUITS
ELECTRIC CHARGE
ELECTRIC CURRENT
100
A build up of electric charge
What is static electricity
100
To pull towards one another
What is attract
100
A circuit in which the current must flow through one bulb in order to flow through the other
What is a series circuit
100
A positively or negatively charged atom is called an
What is an ion
100
This source of electrical energy comes from an
What is electric current
200
An instrument that uses a freely moving magnetic needle to indicate direction
What is a compass
200
To push away
What is repel
200
A device that can open/close a circuit
What is a switch
200
This rapid movement of excess charge from one place to another is an
What is an electric discharge
200
Electric charges will flow continuously only through a closed conducting loop called a
What is a circuit
300
A material through electricity doesn't flow
What is an insulator
300
A circuit in which each bulb is connected to the cell separately
What is parallel circuit
300
Electric charges exert a force on each other at a distance through an
What is electric field
300
A measure of the amount of electrical potential energy an electron flowing in a circuit can gain measured in volts
What is voltage
400
When a build-up of electrical charge empties into something
What is a discharge
400
The area around a magnet that behaves like a magnet is a magnetic
What is Field
400
An incomplete circuit
What is open ciruit
400
All charged objects exert an
What is electric force
400
A measure of how difficult it is for electrons to flow in a material unit is the ohm
What is resistance
500
A complete path that electricity can move
What is a circuit
500
Naturally occurring magnets in nature are called
What is lodestones
500
A complete circuit
What is closed circuit
500
This imbalance of electric charge on an object is called a
What is static charge
500
The rate at which electrical energy is converted into other forms of energy is
What is electric power
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