Vocabulary
Electricity
Magnetism
Vocabulary 2
Potpourri
100
Material that resists but doesn’t stop the flow of an electric current
What is resistor
100
An object has a ____charge if it has more negative particles than positive particles
What is negative
100
When two objects both have positive charges the objects____
What is repel each other
100
Path made for an electric current
What is circuit
100
Ends of a magnet
What is magnetic poles
200
Flow of electric charges
What is electric current
200
Copper wire in a circuit ____ electricity
What is conducts
200
A bar magnet’s pull is strongest_____
What is at both poles
200
Material that an electric current can pass through easily
What is conductor
200
Charge that stays on an object
What is static electricity
300
Measurement of an object’s extra positive or negative charges
What is charge
300
The space around an object where electric forces occur is the ___
What is electric field
300
Magnets attract each other at___
What is opposite poles
300
Material that an electric current cannot easily pass through
What is insulator
300
A bar magnet’s pull is strongest_____
What is at both poles
400
Object that attracts things made of iron or steel
What is magnet
400
A circuit with one path for the electric current is called a _____
What is series circuit
400
Arrangement of wire wrapped around a core is called a/an
What is electromagnet
400
Charge that stays on an object
What is static electricity
400
The space around an object where electric forces occur is the ___
What is electric field
500
Ends of a magnet
What is magnetic poles
500
Circuit with more than one path for electric current is _____
What is parallel circuit
500
The earth is like a giant magnet and a compass has a magnet in its needle. The north-seeking pole of the compass is attracted to the north pole of the Earth. This makes the compass point north.
What is which two magnets make a compass work
500
Space around a magnet where the force of the magnet acts
What is magnetic field
500
They both produce a force that can pull or push things without touching them. They both have opposite states: electricity has positive and negative, magnets have north and south poles.
What is how are magnets and electricity alike
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