Vocabulary Review

Materials that allow electricity to move easily through them and from one object to another through direct contact__________

• conductors of electricity
• insulators of electricity
• magnet
• attraction

Materials that do not allow electricity to move easily through them and from one object to another through direct contact__________

• conductors of electricity
• insulators of electricity
• magnet
• attraction

An object that produces a magnetic field

• conductors of electricity
• insulators of electricity
• magnet
• attraction

When unlike poles of magnets are near each other magnets will be attracted to each other

• conductors of electricity
• insulators of electricity
• magnet
• attraction

When like poles of magnets are near each other magnets will be repel to each other

• electromagnet
• repulsion
• strength
• attraction

A magnet created by wrapping a conductive wire around a magnetic core then connected to an electrical current creating a magnetic field

• electromagnet
• repulsion
• strength
• attraction

The ends of a magnet are called the poles; the magnetic attraction is strongest at the poles

• electromagnet
• polarity
• strength
• attraction

How strong the attracting or repelling force a magnet exerts on objects around it

• electromagnet
• polarity
• strength
• attraction