Electricity Vocab
Electricity Vocab
Electricity
Magnetism Vocab
Magnets
100

What is the continuous flow of negative charges through a material?

What is current electricity?

100

What is electricity that occurs when electrical charges build up on the surface of an object? 

What is static electricity?

100

 What is a circuit with more than one path through which electricity can travel?

What is a parallel circuit?

100

What is an object that is able to attract certain metals?

What is a magnet?

100

What is a machine that produces electricity by using a coil of wire and a magnet?

What is a generator?

200

 What is a material that allows electricity to flow through it easily?

What is a conductor?

200

What does it mean to push away?

What is repel?

200

Why is a electromagnent called a temporary magnent?

What is because it only works when it has electrical currents flowing through the wire coils?

200

What is the pushing or pulling force caused by a magnet?

What is magnetism? 

200

Can electromagnets be small or large?

What is both?

300

What is a material that does not allow electricity to flow through it easily?

What is an insulator?

300

What does it mean to pull toward?

What is attract?

300

What is Mrs. Coleman's favorite candy?

What are Kit Kats?

300

What is the area around a magnet where the magnet's force can act?

What is a magnetic field?

300

Whar three things can you use to build an electromagnt?

What are batteries, a nail, and copper wire?

400

What is a form energy that involves the flow of elecrtrical energy?

What is electricity?

400

What is an unbroken path through which negative charges flow?

What is a circuit?

400

What type of circuits are in most houses and our classroom?

What are parrallel circuits?

400

What is one end of a magnet?

What is a pole?

400

What is the part a generator is attached to?

WHat is a turbine?

500

What are particles of electricity called?

What are electrical charges?

500

What is a circuit with only one path through which electricity can travel?

What is a series circuit?

500

During our snow day, what type of electricity could we feel? 

What is static electricity?

500

What is a temporary magnet formed when an electric current flows through a coil of wire?

What is an electromagnet?

500

Wht type of simple machine does a turbine look like?

What is a wheel and axle?