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MagnetismElectricity
Term | Definition |
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static electricity | the build up of electric charges on an object |
electric current | the flow of electric charges along a path |
circuit | a path along which electric charges can flow |
conductor | a material that lets heat or electricity travel through it easily |
electric motor | a device that changes electrical energy into mechanical energy |
electromagnet | a temporary magnet caused by an electric current |
generator | a device that makes an electric current by converting mechanical energy to electrical energy |
insulator | a material that heat or electricity cannot move through easily |
magnet | an object that attracts iron and a few other-but not all-metals |
parallel circuit | an electric circuit that has more than one path for the electric charges to follow |
series circuit | an electric circuit in which the electrical charges have only one path to follow |
watts | unit of power |