Energy
Magnets
Going With the Flow
Circuits & Vocab
Vocabulary
100

What is the biggest source of energy for the Earth?

Sun

100

What kind of force do magnet give?

Magnetic force field

100

Will this circuit work

Look at board #1

no

100

What is the thing that closes and opens the current in a circuit.

Switch.

100

Every magnet has two of these

Poles

200

What is energy?

Power to make things move

200

North and south poles do this

Attract

200

this is a path in which electric charges can flow.

Circuit.

200

This is the SI unit of electric current.

Voltage

200

Electric Current move easily in these.

Conductors

300

Everything is made up of these things....

Atoms

300

This is the reason magnets might repel each other.

Same Poles are facing each other

300
Name things (2) that electrons flow easily through. Examples
What is wire, metal poles, anything metal.
300
What factors affect the strength of electric forces?
resistance, amount of electricity, # of bulbs.....
300
Piece of iron that become a magnet is called a...

Temporary magnet

400

An electric charge in motion (moving it is called....)

electric current

400

Name one variable that affects the magnetic force

Strength, size, distance....

400

Name at least 2 things that could slow the flow of electrons in a circuit. (Insulator)

wood plastic rubber

400

In this circuit, devices are connected so there is only 1 closed path for current to follow. Board #2

Series

400

A current carrying wire wrapped around an iron core is called this.

Electromagnet.

500

Name two types of energy

Ms. A will let you know.

500

Metal materials that are magnetic (3)

Iron, steel, nickel

500

This subatomic particle flows easily in a circuit.

Electron

500

This is a circuit where there is more than one close path for a current to follow. Board #3

Parallel

500

This is a measure of the amount of electrical energy transferred by an electric charge as it moves from one point to another in a circuit.

Voltage