Electric Circuits and Magnetism

Unlike charges attract ...

• away from each other

• to every object

• towards each other

• to balloons

The flowing movements of electricity from place to place is ...

• an electric circuit

• an electric current

• a switch

• a solar cell

Static electricity is used ...

• all at once

• as a steady flow

• in a battery

• along a path

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-3

Batteries produce electricity by changing ______ energy into ______ energy.

• electrical; chemical

• positive;negative

• chemical; electical

• negative; positive

A basic current is made up of all of the following except...

• a power source

• a conductor

• a cathode

• a switch

Electrons are stored in which part of a battery?

• electrolyte

• cathode (positive terminal)

• geode

• anode (negative terminal)

A compass needle always points north because ....

• the earth's magnetic field pulls it

• it uses electricity

• it is weak

• it has a force field

When you _______ the wire in an electromagnet,, the magnetic field strengthens.

• shorten

• coil

• remove

• unwrap

All of the following are conductors except ....

• an eraser

• a paperclip

• a nail

• a penny

In which of the types of circuits does electricity follow one path?

• complete

• series

• parallel

• incomplete