Electricity and Magnetism

__________is an imbalance of electric charges within or on the surface of a material that builds up. (More electrons)

• static electricity

• current electricity

• circuits

• load

A pathway for electricity to travel is called___________

• current
• static electrcity
• circuit
• circle

A continuous flow of electricity is called_____________

• series
• circuit
• static
• current

What kind of circuit is this?

• series
• parallel

In a parallel circuit if one light bulb goes OUT; then they ALL go out. TRUE OR FALSE?

• TRUE
• FALSE

What is this?

• magnet
• electromagnet
• series circuit
• parallel circuit

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How do you make an electromagnet stronger?

• Add a motor and/or lightbulbs
• Add more light bulbs and/or wire coils
• add more wire coils and/or a switch
• add more wire coils and/or batteries

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What is a switch's function in a circuit?

• to make the current hotter or colder

• to open or close the flow of current

• the pathway that current flows

• to add more power to the circuit

How are electromagnets different from magnets?

• magnets can be turned on/off
• you can turn an electromagnet on/off
• magnets are more powerful
• magnets have a North and South pole

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When two magnets repel each other which poles are facing each other?

• North and South
• South and North
• North and North
• Positive and Negative

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