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8 - Mod 1 Lesson 4
Electricity and Magnetism
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Alternating Current | The flow of electric charge periodically reverses direction |
| Ampere | Unit that is a measurement of electric current |
| Battery | A device that can generate an electric current by creating a potential difference between two poles |
| Bioelectricity | Electrical currents produced by living organisms |
| Conductor | Any material that allows an electric current to flow |
| Current | The flow of charged particles through a conductor |
| Direct Current | Current that flows in one direction |
| Electric Circuit | The pathway that electrical current flows through |
| Electricity | The flow of charged particles through a conductor that has the ability to do work |
| Electromagnet | A temporary magnet created by an electric current moving through a coiled wire |
| Ferrous Metals | Metals that can be attracted to a magnet |
| Load | The power leaving an electrical component |
| Magnetic Field | The region around a magnet where influence by the magnet is present |
| Magnetism | A property of materials that respond to an applied magnetic field |
| Ohms Law | Voltage / Resistance = Current or I = V/r |
| Parallel Circuit | A circuit with more than one pathway for current flow |
| Permanent magnet | Substances that have permanent magnetic qualities |
| Resistor | A substance that resists the flow of electricity |
| Series Circuit | A circuit with only one pathway for current |
| Static Electricity | A difference in charge that builds between two objects that results in a discharge of energy |
| Superconductor | a phenomenon of exactly zero electrical resistance and expulsion of magnetic fields occurring in certain materials when cooled below a characteristic critical temperature |
| Switch | A device that interrupts an electrical current |
| Temporary magnet | Substances that have temporary magnetic properties based on the influence of electricity or other magnets |
| Volt | The unit of measurement that describes the potential difference in charge between two points |