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100

Objects in motion have _________ energy.

Kinetic

100

Two objects rubbing together create...

friction

100

Electrical energy moves easily through materials that are...

conductors.

100

Magnetism and ___________ are closely related.

electricity

100

An electric current creates a magnetic field, and a magnetic field creates an ________ __________

electric current

200

Potential energy is ___________ energy.

stored

200

Friction resists or stops motion and creates...

heat

200

Wires are usually made from ______ because it conducts electricity well.

metal (usually copper)

200

Materials like rubber, plastic, and wood do not conduct electricity well.  They are...

insulators.

200

If you rub your feet on the carpet, or rub a balloon on a wool sweater, you may create...

static electricity.

300

Energy in moving or spinning objects like gears, car wheels or bicycles is _________ energy.

mechanical

300

Unless acted on by a force, objects in motion tend to stay in motion and objects at rest tend to stay at rest. This is the principal of...

inertia

300

Which will light a bulb, an open or closed circuit?

A closed circuit.

300

If you wrap a a wire around a nail and run electricity through the wire, you have created a ...

electromagnet.

300

Benjamin Franklin learned that lightening was a form of electricity.  What kind of electricity?

static electricity

400

There are many forms of energy.  Energy formed by the movement of electrons is...

electrical energy

400

It's harder to push a real truck than a toy truck because objects with more mass have...

more inertia.

400

If your string of holiday lights goes dark when one little bulb burns out, the string of lights is a:

series circuit

400

Electromagnets are useful because they can be...

turned on and off.

400

Static electricity occurs when negatively charged ________ are rubbed off of one surface and on to another.

electrons

500

Energy stored in food, batteries, and fossil fuels like coal and gasoline is ...

chemical

500

The iron filings in this picture show _________ of __________ created by a magnetic field.

lines of force

500

This circuit has more than one pathway for the flow of electric current.  If one bulb burns the others will remain lit.  It is a 

parallel circuit.

500

This is a dry-cell battery.  The unit of current in your battery is measured in _______. Common dry-cells usually have low ___________.  

volts

voltage

500

Magnets are attracted to these metals...(can you name all three?)

1. iron(steel)

2.colbalt 

3.nickel