Circuits
Static Electricity
Magnetic Poles
Magnetic Field/Electromagnets
Electrical Energy
100
parallel circuit
What is A circuit that has two or more paths that electricity can follow
100
Electric Charge
What is a basic property of the tiny particles that make up matter; it can be positive or negative.
100
Magnet
What is an object that attracts iron and some other metals.
100
Compass
What is A tool used to determine direction.
100
Generators
What is a device that converts other forms of energy into electricity.
200
series circuit
What is an electric circuit with only one path that current can follow (74)
200
static electricity
What is the buildup of electric charges in one place
200
magnetic poles
What is one of the two areas on a magnet where it exerts the strongest force
200
electromagnet
What is A device made up of a current carrying wire coil around an iron core.
200
insulate
What do you do to electrical wires to avoid dangerous short circuits.
300
Electric Current
What is a flow of electric charges?
300
electric field
What is the area around electric charges in which electric forces can act
300
magnetic fields
What is the space around a magnet in which magnetic forces can act.
300
They all have north and south poles.
What is true of all magnets?
400
resistance
What is the measure of how much a material opposes the flow of electric current.
400
neutral
What is matter that usually has a balance of the two kinds of charge.
400
N to the S pole
What is the lines of force in a magnetic field always run from the....
400
electric motor
What is a device that produces motion when a coil of wire carrying a current produces a magnetic field.
500
short circuit
What is a flaw in a circuit that allows a large current to flow through where it is not wanted.
500
the charges repel and opposite charges attract
What happens when two electric charges that are the same are moved close together?
500
resistance
What increases when you add a second bulb to a series circuit?
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