Circuits
The pathway for an electric current
What is Circuit?
A charge that stays on an object
What is static electricity?
An object that attracts things made of iron or steel
What is Magnet?
The flow of electric charges
What is electric current?
A light bulb will not light up in this type of circuit
What is open circuit?
Circuit with more than one path for current to flow
What is Parallel Circuit?
Measurement of an object's extra positive or negative particles
What is Charge?
The ends of a magnet
What is magnetic poles?
Material that electric current passes through easily
What is conductor?
This happens to the atoms in a nail when it is magnetized.
What is they line up?
Materials that resist but don't stop the flow of electricity
What is Resistor?
An object has a ______ charge if it has more positive particles than negative particles
What is Positive?
Where is a magnet's strongest pull?
Where is the poles?
Material that electric current cannot easily pass through
What is insulator?
A light bulb will light up in this type of circuit
What is closed circuit?
Circuit with one path for electric current
What is Series Circuit?
When two objects have positive charges they will
What is Repel?
The space around a magnet where the force of the magnet acts
What is the magnetic field?
The space around an object where electric forces occur
What is electric field?
Two safety rules for electricity
Answers vary but may include:
1. Never touch a downed power line.
2. Do not go near a power station.
3. Do not put a fork or other utensils in the toaster.
4. Never fly kites near power lines.
Supplies energy to move charges through a circuit
What is Electric Cell (battery)?
When one object has a positive charge and the other has a negative charge they will _________.
What is attract?
An arrangement of wire wrapped around a core
What is electromagnet?
Two materials that are good conductors of electricity
What is wire, people, metal, or water?
Two materials that are good insulators of electricity
What is plastic, rubber, wood, glass, or cloth?