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Adams 5th Electric*
Electric and Phy. New
Question | Answer |
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A piece of iron with a north and south pole | Magnet |
The amount of matter in an object | Mass |
An incomplete circuit that is interrupted by a switch or an opening | Open Circuit |
Cannot see through | Opaque |
A tool that uses mirrors and prisms to bend light and allows you to see objects around corners or above water | Periscope |
Another word for a battery | Source or Cell |
Turns a circuit on and off | Switch |
A simple circuit when one light goes off they all go off | Series |
The more coils you put around the nail and connect to a battery the stronger it becomes | Electromagnet |
A circuit with many paths. If one light is removed, the other lights get brighter | Parallel Circuit |
Thicker in the middle, makes objects look bigger | Convex Lens |
Produces sound | Vibrations |
All light can pass through | Transparent |
This lens is thinner in the middle and makes objects look smaller | Concave Lense |
No light can pass through | Opaque |
Light rays bend with a plastic spoon in water | Refraction |
Some light can pass through. Stain glass window or wax paper | Translucent |
The bouncing back of light | Reflection |
If you were doing an experiment to show how light travels in a straight line what 2 things would you need? | Mirror and flashlight |
In addition to electrical energy when you plug in a fan what energy comes next? | Mechanical |
Besides electrical, what kind of energy does a current pass through a circuit? | Thermal |