Electricity and Magnetism Vocab

Front

Path allowing electric current flow

Back

complete path

Front

Path where electric current cannot flow

Back

incomplete path

Front

Build up of electrical charge on an object?

Back

static electricity

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NGSS.MS-PS2-3

Front

Materials that resist electric current flow.

Back

insulator

Front

Material that allows electric current to flow?

Back

Conductors

Front

Requires a power supply and a path for electric current:

Back

electric circuit

Front

Flow of electric charge through a conductor (wire)

Back

electric current

Front

Force of attraction between charged objects or a charged and neutral object?

Back

electric force

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-3

Front

Area around an object with force?

Back

magnetic field

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-3

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

Front

Property of materials that attract or repel objects with the same property.

Back

magnetism