Electric Circuits Vocabulary Grade 8

the flow of electricity through a conductor

• D-cell

• electric current

• current event

• filament

the items that make up a circuit

• batteries

• random stuff

• pieces

• components

a push or a pull

• force

• gravity

• atoms

• empty space

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energy of movement

• velocity

• force

• jazzercise

• kinetic energy

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an area of influence around a magnet

• insulation

• soccer field

• magnetic field

• magnet

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the sum of all the forces acting on a mass

• net force

• forces

• magnetism

• addition

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the ability to apply force over a distance

• pushing

• pulling

• energy

• friction

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a source of stored chemical energy

• wires

• circuit

• distance above the ground

• D-cell

a piece of iron that becomes a temporary magnet when electricity flows through coils of insulated wire wrapped around it

• electromagnet

• magnet electro

• Magneto

• X-men

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the material in a lightbulb that makes light

• base

• filament

• component

• sparky