Electricity and Magnetism Vocabulary #2

Material that resists the flow of electricity or heat is

• conductor

• insulator

• motor

• magnet

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A circuit in which the parts are connected so that the electric current passes through each part along a single pathway

• parallel circuit

• magnet circuit

• series circuit

• electric cell

A device that changes electrical energy into energy of motion

• magnet

• motor

• cell

• generator

The pathway that an electric current follows

• electrical current

• electrical cell

• electrical circuit

• generator

A circuit in which parts are connected so that the electric current passes along more than one pathway

• series circuit

• magnetic circuit

• parallel circuit

• parallel magnet

An object that attracts iron and certain other metals

• cell

• generator

• insulator

• magnet

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A device that uses magnetism to convert energy of motion into electrical energy

• generator

• motor

• electric cell

• conductor

A temporary magnet that uses electricity to produce magnetism

• magnetic cell

• magnetic generator

• electromagnet

• motor magnet

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The two areas on a magnet where the magnetic force is greatest

• magnetic field

• magnetic motor

• magnetic pole

• magnetic insulator

material that can carry electricity or heat

• conductor

• insulator

• magnet

• motor