Electric (electron) movement
Magnets
Going With the Flow
Circuits & Vocab
Vocabulary
100
The tiny building blocks of everything. They're tiny and they're teeny!
What are atoms?
100
Particles moving between atoms in storm clouds become this.
What is charged?
100
This subatomic particle flows through the wire when an electric field is present.
What is an electron
100
What is the thing that closes and opens the current in a circuit.
What is a switch.
100

Every magnet has two of these

What are poles?

200

Electrons, protons and neutrons.

What are the parts of an atom?

200
North and south poles do this
What is attract
200
this is a path in which electric charges can flow.
What is an circuit.
200
This is the unit used to measure household electricity use.

What is kWh or Kilowatt hours?

200

Electric Current moves easily through these.

What are conductors

300
When the positive and negative charges no longer balance. This is when negative charges are built up much more than positive.
What is static electricity?
300
This is the reason magnets might repel each other.
What is like poles.
300

Two things that electrons flow easily through. 

What is wire, metal poles, anything metal.

300

What factors affect the strength of electric force?

resistance, amount of electricity from source, # of bulbs.....

300
Transfer of electrons between objects in contact
What is charging by contact
400
An electric charge in motion. (electrons in motion usually in a wire)
What is an electric current?
400
These factors affect the strength of magnetic forces.
What are strength, size, distance....
400

2 things that could slow or stop the flow of electrons in a circuit.

wood plastic rubber

400
In this circuit, devices are connected so there is only 1 closed path for current to follow.
What is series
400
A current carrying wire wrapped around an iron core is called this.
What is electromagnet.
500

Converts chemical to electric energy

What is a battery?

500
Only materials containing these elements are magnetic
What is iron, cobalt, nickel, and a few other rare earth elements
500
This subatomic particle flows easily in a circuit.
What is electron
500

This is a circuit where there is more than one closed path for a current to follow.

What is parallel

500

This is a measure of the amount of electrical energy transferred by an electric charge as it moves from one point to another in a circuit.

What is voltage

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