Electricity and Magnetism Vocabulary

What is the electrical energy carried by the parts of an atom?

• Charge

• Circuit

• Magnetism

• Parallel circuit

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What is the flow of electrons?

• Conductor

• Circuit

• Current

• Charge

What is a material that allows electrons to move along it easily?

• Electromagnet

• Conductor

• Charge

• Current

What is a material that does not allow electrons to move along it easily?

• Magnetism

• Conductor

• Circuit

• Insulator

What is the path of an electric current?

• Charge

• Current

• Circuit

• Series Curcuit

What is a circuit with only one path for electric current to follow?

• Series circuit

• Circuit

• Parallel circuit

• Magnetism

What is a circuit with more than one path for electric current?

• Current

• Series circuit

• Parallel circuit

• Circuit

What is the power of a magnet to attract objects made of iron and certain other metals?

• Conductor

• Magnetism

• Electromagnet

• Magnetic field

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What is the space around a magnet where magnetism works?

• Magnetism

• Electromagnet

• Insulator

• Magnetic field

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What is an object that becomes a magnet when electricity passes through it?

• Magnetism

• Electromagnet

• Magnetic field

• Charge