Electricity & Magnetism Vocab Practice

Front

What is the pathway that electric current flows through, which must be closed for electricity to flow?

Back

Electric circuit

Front

What do you call multiple connected pathways through which electric current flows?

Back

Parallel circuit

Front

What is an object that attracts certain materials like iron, nickel, steel, and cobalt without needing an electric current?

Back

Magnet

Front

What is the location where the force of a magnet is greatest at the two opposite ends of a magnet?

Back

Magnetic poles

Front

What are materials through which negatively charged particles move easily?

Back

Conductors

Front

What is the term for a circuit where the electric current flows in a single path?

Back

Series circuit

Front

What do you call a material that does not allow electric current to flow through it easily?

Back

Insulator

Front

What is the term for a sudden discharge of electricity that can occur in a circuit?

Back

Short circuit

Front

What is the unit of measurement for electric current?

Back

Ampere (A)

Front

What is the force that causes a magnet to attract or repel other magnets or magnetic materials?

Back

Magnetic force