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Electricity and magn
Question | Answer |
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Electricity | flows of electrons |
Static Electricity | Build up of electrical charges |
Electric Current | movement of electrons from one place to another |
ampere | The unit used to describe how much electric current flow through a wire |
Circuit | A path for electric current |
Closed Circuit | A complete, unbroken path for electric current |
Open circuit | An incomplete or broken path for electric current |
Schematic Diagram | A diagram that uses symbols to show the parts of a circuit |
Battery | A source of voltage that changes chemical energy into electrical energy |
Series Circuit | A circuit in which all current flows (electrons) flows through a single path |
Parallel Circuit | A circuit in which there is more than one path for current |
magnets | An object the attracts certain kinds of metals |
Attracts | to push together |
magnetic poles | The end of a magnet where magnetic are greatest |
repel | to push apart |
magnetic feild | area around a magment in which magnetic forces can act |
Lines of forces | Lines that show a magnetic feild |