Magnets
Electricity
Circuits
Energy
Wild Card
100
The ends of a magnet are called this.
What are the poles.
100
This man discovered that lightening is electricity.
Who is Benjamin Franklin.
100
This type of circuit has only ONE pathway for electricity.
What is a series circuit.
100
A plug is a source of this kind of energy.
What is electrical energy.
100
Nails, screws, coins, copper wires, and paper clips are all good _______________; they allow the flow of electricity.
What are conductors.
200
The lines drawn around a magnet represent this.
What is the magnetic field.
200
The type of electricity that causes your hair to stick to a balloon after you rub the balloon on your head.
What is static electricity.
200
This type of circuit has more than one pathway.
What is a parallel circuit.
200
In a pencil sharpener, electrical energy is transformed into this type of energy.
What is mechanical energy.
200
Lightening is an example of this type of electricity.
What is static electricity.
300
These are the two basic kinds of magnets.
What are temporary and permanent magnets.
300
Plastic, rubber, and wood are all examples of this - they stop the flow of electricity.
What is an insulator.
300
This type of circuit allows an electrical current to pass through.
What is a closed circuit.
300
We can bake cookies because an oven transforms electrical energy into this type of energy.
What is thermal energy.
300
The magnetic field is strongest at a magnet's __________.
What are poles.
400
This happens when you put the north pole of one magnet towards the south pole of another magnet.
What is they attract.
400
Thomas Edison improved the ___________ and made it possible for us to use electricity to light entire cities.
What is the light bulb.
400
In this type of circuit, if one light bulb breaks, the other light bulbs can stay lit.
What is a parallel circuit.
400
A flashlight transforms electrical energy into this type of energy.
What is radiant energy.
400
If an object has more electrons than protons, it has this kind of charge.
What is a negative charge.
500
This temporary magnet is made by running an electric current through a wire wrapped around an iron core.
What is an electromagnet.
500
This man invented the first electric motor and the first generator using an electromagnet.
Who is Michael Faraday.
500
In a series circuit, if there is more than one light bulb, this is what happens to the light.
What is it gets dimmer.
500
Give the three kinds of energy (in order) that are found in a circuit made from a dry cell, wire, and a light bulb.
What is electrical energy transforms into radiant energy and thermal energy.
500
If you increase the number of coils on an electromagnet, the magnet becomes ______________.
What is stronger.
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