Electricity and Magnetism

What is magnetism?

• a property of objects or systems that causes them to attract to iron or steel

• a property of objects or systems that causes them to attract to iron or copper

• a property of objects or systems that causes them to attract to iron or nickel

• a property of objects or systems that causes them to attract to copper or steel

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What is an electromagnet?

• a magnet that is electric

• a tiny squirrel

• a magnet that is always magnetic

• a magnet that can be turned on and off

What is force?

• Star Wars

• a push or a pull

• electric current

• kinetic energy

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What is an instrument that uses free-rotating magnetic needle to indicate direction?

• an electromagnet

• a compass

• a telegraph

• a circuit

What is the area where we feel the force of a magnet?

• magnetic field

• electric field

• poles

• the sphere

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Electrical energy is...

• a type of static energy caused by moving electric charges

• a type of kinetic energy caused by moving electric charges

• a type of kinetic energy caused by moving positive charges

• a type of kinetic energy caused by gravity

What is it called when positive and negative electric charges that are separated from each other and are not moving?

• electric current

• kinetic energy

• static electricity

• force

An electron is...

• A tiny particle with positive charge that exists inside the nucleus of an atom

• A tiny particle with negative charge that exists inside the nucleus of an atom

• A tiny particle with positive charge that goes around the nucleus of an atom

• A tiny particle with negative charge that goes around the nucleus of an atom

What is it called when an object has equal numbers of positive and negative charges?

• positively charged

• electrically equal

• negatively charge

• neutral

What is a conductor?

• A substance through which electricity will flow

• A magnetic object

• A lightbulb

• A substance through which electricity will not flow