Electricity and Magnetism

An electric charge is______________.

• a magnet
• static electricity
• a basic property of the tiny particles that make up matter
• positive

An electric circuit is ________________.

• a continuous pathway that can carry an electric current
• An open pathway that can carry electric current
• An object that resists the flow of energy
• An object that attracts metal

Static electricity is ____________________.

• When positive and negative charges repel each other
• When positive and negative charges are not present
• The flow of positive charges
• the buildup of electric charges in one place

Resistance is ___________________.

• The build up of electrical charges in one place
• how much a material opposes, or resists, the flow of electric current
• a conductor
• when the electric current can flow freely through a circuit

A conductor is _______________________.

• a material that resists the flow of electricity
• a material through which heat and electricity flow easily
• a material that insulates the circuit
• a material that produces electricity

An electric field is ____________________.

• Where a resister is placed in a circuit
• a parallel circuit
• the area around electric charges, where electric forces can act
• a series circuit

An electric circuit with only one path for current is called a ______________.

• parallel circuit
• insulator
• series circuit
• resistor

A flow of electric charges is  ____________.

• an insulator
• a circuit
• a conductor
• an electric current

A material that slows the flow of heat and electricity is ____________________.

• a conductor
• an insulator
• a current
• a resistor

A magnet that has coils of current-carrying wire around an iron core is called __________________.

• a conductor
• an insulator
• an electromagnet
• a current