circuits
magnetism
vocabulary
electromagnet
grab bag
100

This circuit has no breaks in it.

What is a closed circuit?

100

Unlike charges in a magnet will react in this way.

What is attract?

100

A material that an electric charge flows through easily can be this _____________.

What is a conductor?

100

This powers a maglev train.

What is an electromagnetic?

100

This is the carrying away of rock, sand or soil.

What is erosion?

200

An object that transforms electricity into sound energy.

What is a speaker, or radio?

200

This magnet can be turned on and off.

What is an electromagnet?

200
A magnet that works only when electricity is present.

What is an electromagnet?

200

This may happen if I wrap wire around an iron core in an electromagnet.

What is the electromagnets strength will increase?

200

This would be a name for the wire inside a lightbulb.

What is a filament?

300

When electricity has only one path to flow it is this type of circuit.

What is a series circuit?

300

Like charges in a magnet will do this. EX north to north

What is repel?

300
This material is one that electric charges have difficulty flowing through.

What is an insulator?

300

2 characteristics of an electromagnet are___________ & _____________.

What is they can be turned on and off AND you can change their strength?

300

This is all the matter the matter in an object.

What is mass?

400

A break in a circuit is called ______.

What is an open circuit?

400

Hans Christian Oerstead discovered this accidentally.

What is a magnetic field?

400

A parallel circuit has this.

What is more than one path for electricity to flow through?

400

One place you could find an electromagnet?

What is a doorbell?

400

A toaster has this, it gets hot and transfers electric energy to heat energy.

What is a resistor?

500

This circuit has more than one path for energy to flow.

What is a parallel circuit?

500

Compass needles point North for this reason.

What is Earth's magnetic poles?

500

This force acts on moving electric charges and magnetic materials. 

What is magnetism?

500

Name two ways to make an electromagnet stronger?

What is wrap it with more coils, or add  stronger power source?

500

Energy stored in an object.

What is potential energy?