Vocabulary
Magnets
Electricity
Miscellaneous 1
Science Fair
100
A push or pull
What is a force?
100
Explain magnetism
What is a specific kind of force?
100
Provides the energy to light the bulb
What is electricity source?
100
Opens and closes the circuits
What is a switch?
100
Finding out more information on a topic you don't know much about is called
What is research?
200
Is something you use to gather evidence about something you can't see
What is detector?
200
When a piece of iron that behaves like a magnet when it is touching a permanent magnet
What is a temporary magnet?
200
A pathway for the flow of electricity
What is a circuit?
200
This happens when opposite sides of the poles of magnet touch
What is attract?
200
Listing the steps you took to complete your experiment is called
What is the procedure?
300
Is a way to represent a circuit on a piece of paper.
What is schematic diagram?
300
Iron, steel, nickle and cobalt
What are things that magnet will stick to?
300
Glass, plastic, sponge, and cardboard.
What is insulators?
300
Organizes data visually to show a relationship between two things
What is a graph?
300
An educated guess about how things work:
What is hypothesis?
400
Is the metal clip that connects wires in a part of the bulb that gets hot and produces light.
What is a filament?
400
The greater the distance between two magnets the _________ the force of attraction.
What is weaker?
400
In a complete circuit what does the D-cell do
What is supplies the power to the circuit?
400
In a circuit that tests for insulators and conductors, a light bulb is used to
What is show that electricity is running through the circuit?
400
Explain the difference between independent and controlled variables
What is the independent variable is the one that is changed by the scientist. Controlled variables are quantities that a scientist wants to remain constant?
500
Are the metal clips that connect wire(s) in a circuit.
What is a Fahnstock clips?
500
Name 3 places where you shouldn't place a magnet.
What is by tape player, computer, and credit cards?
500
Explain the difference between a parallel circuit vs series circuit.
What is parallel circuits have more pathways in their circuit system for electricity to flow. Series circuit contains only one path for the negative charges to flow?
500
Name the components of a circuit
What is wires, electrical receiver, and electrical source
500
Names the steps of the scientific
What is... Ask a Question Do Background Research Construct a Hypothesis Test Your Hypothesis by Doing an Experiment Analyze Your Data and Draw a Conclusion Communicate Your Results