Magnetism
Thermal Energy
Electricity
Electrical Current
Mixed Questions
100
The ability of an object to push or pull on another object so that has the magnetic property.
What is magnetism? pg 358
100
The energy due to the motion of particles in matter.
What is thermal energy?
100
Anything that has mass and volume.
What is matter?
100
A flow of electricity through a conductor.
What is electric current?
100
This is in an atom and are smaller particles with one unit of negative electric charge each.
What is an electron?
200
A region of magnetic force around a magnet, represented by lines.
What is the magnetic field?
200
The flow of thermal energy between objects due to a difference in temperature.
What is heat?
200
The smallest unit of an element that retains the properties of that element.
What is an atom?
200
Formed when an electric current passes through an unbroken path of conductors.
What is a circuit?
200
The lifting of an object by means of magnetic forces.
What is magnetic levitation?
300
An electric circuit that produces a magnetic field.
What is an electromagnet?
300
A measurement of the average kinetic energy of particles in an object.
What is temperature?
300
The center of the atom.
What is a nucleus?
300
A device that can open or close the path of conductors.
What is a switch?
300
When a conductor shares its excess charge with a much larger conductor.
What is grounding?
400
A device that creates electric current by spinning an electric coil between the poles of a magnet.
What is a generator?
400
The passing of thermal energy through a material while the material itself stays in place. It occurs between objects that are touching.
What is conduction?
400
A particle with one unit of positive electric charge.
What is a proton?
400
An object in an electrical circuit that resists the flow of electrons.
What is a resistor?
400
The amount of electric charge moving in a circuit.
What are amperes or amps?
500
Electric current that rapidly changes directions.
What is alternating current?
500
The transfer of energy through electromagnetic rays.
What is radiation?
500
A particle with no electrical charge - it is neutral.
What is a neutron?
500
The units resistance is measured in.
What is ohms?
500
The buildup of charged particles.
What is static electricity?
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