Electricity and Magnetism Vocabulary

The force that two surfaces exert on each other when they rub against each other

• Electric Current

• Magnetism

• Magnetic Poles

• Friction

The continuous flow of electric charges through a material

• Electric Circuit

• Electric Current

• Electricity

• Convection Currents

A complete, unbroken path through which electric charges can flow

• Magnet

• Electric Circuit

• Electricity

• Wires

A material that conducts heat well

• Conductor

• Insulator

• Conduction

• Induction

A material that doesn't conduct heat well

• Conductor

• Insulation

• Insulator

• Conduction

The difference in electrical potential energy between two places in a circuit

• Watts

• Volts

• Voltage

• Electricity

Any material that attracts iron and materials that contain iron

• Metals

• Magnet

• Magnetic Poles

• Magnetism

The force of attraction or repulsion of magnetic materials

• Friction

• Voltage

• Conduction

• Magnetism

The ends of a magnetic object, where the magnetic force is strongest

• Magnet

• Magnetic Field

• Magnetic Poles

• Magnetism

The region around a magnet where the magnetic force is exerted

• Magnetic Fields

• Magnetic Poles

• Magnetism

• Magnets