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Vocab
Electricity
Magnetism
Electromagnetism
Miscellaneous
100
Any material that attracts iron or things made of iron.
What is a magnet?
100
R=V/I ; V= I * R ; I= V/R
What is Ohm's Law?
100
The points on a magnet that have opposite magnetic qualities.
What are magnetic poles?
100
The interaction between electricity and magnetism
What is electromagnetism?
100
A device that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy.
What is an electric generator?
200
Law that states that like charges repel and opposite charges attract.
What is the law of electric charges?
200
The rate at which charges pass a given point
What is electric current?
200
What happens when you cut a magnet in half?
You get two separate magnets; Each piece has its own north and South Pole.
200
A coil of wire with an electric current
What is a solenoid?
200
Name an energy source used to generate electricity.
Possible answers: wind, running water, thermal energy from a nuclear reaction, and burning fossil fuels
300
The opposition to the flow of electric charge
What is resistance?
300
A circuit in which the electric charges only have one path to follow
What is a series circuit?
300
Where is the magnetic South Pole?
Close to the geographic North Pole.
300
The process by creating a current in a circuit by changing a magnetic field.
What is electromagnetic induction?
300
A device that changes electrical energy into mechanical energy.
What is an electric motor?
400
The rate at which electrical energy is changed into other forms of energy
What is electric power?
400
A circuit in which charges can move in more than one path.
What is a parallel circuit?
400
Tiny atoms that line up in a material to make the material magnetic.
What are domains?
400
Scientist that discovered an electric current could make a magnetic field.
Who is Hans Christian Oersted?
400
Name an example of an electromagnet.
What is a doorknob, electric motor, etc.
500
A magnet that is made up of a solenoid wrapped around an iron core.
What is an electromagnet?
500
Name the necessary parts for a circuit.
What is an energy source, a wire, a load, and a switch?
500
Why does a compass point north?
The compass needle is a magnet, and its North Pole is attracted to Earth's magnetic South Pole.
500
These two scientists discovered that a magnetic field could make an electric current.
Who are Joseph Henry and Michael Faraday?
500
The force generated by spinning electric charges between magnets.
What is magnetic force?