Electrical Forces
Electricity
Circuits
Magnetism
Ms. G's Brain Busters
100
Negatively charged particles in an atom
What are electrons?
100
Electricity is the flow of what type of particle?
What are electrons?
100
Charge that flows in only one direction
What is direct current (DC)
100
This tool uses magnets to respond to the poles of the earth
What is a compass?
100
Charging of an object through direct contact
What is conduction?
200
Most objects are positively charged, negatively charged, or neutral?
What is neutral?
200
The movement of electric charges from one place to another
What is current?
200
A circuit in which a switch is open, the circuit is not a complete loop and current stops 
What is an open circuit
200
These are the poles of a magnet
What are north and south?
200
Metals through which electric charges move easily
What are conductors?
300
2 positively charged particles will do this
What is repel?
300
Which of these is a good insulator? (copper, glass, aluminum)
What is glass?
300
This type of circuit has bulbs that are hooked up in one long series
What is a series circuit?
300
A magnetic field is created by the movement of
What are electric charges?
300
A flow of electric charge that regularly reverses its direction
What is alternating current (AC)
400
As the distance between two objects __________, the electric force between the two objects decreases.
What is increases?
400
Charging WITHOUT contact between two materials
What is induction?
400
This type of circuit has 2 or more single loops connected to the same battery. When 1 bulb goes out in these circuits, the rest of the lights stay on!
What is a parallel circuit?
400
An electric current can be created by wrapping a metal coil around a
What is a magnet?
400
This device converts mechanical energy into electrical energy
What is an electrical generator?
500
Lightning is an example of this
What is static electricity?
500
This is a measure of how much current there is in a wire
What are AMPS?
500
a measure of the DIFFERENCE in the amount of POTENTIAL energy there is to flow through the circuit
What is voltage?
500
This device uses an electromagnet to convert electrical energy into mechanical energy
What is What is an electric motor
500
When electrons move through a wire there is friction from their movement which creates this
What is resistance?
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