Mag/Elec Vocab

materials that allow electrons to move through them

easily

• conductor

• insulator

• static discharge

• circuit

a circuit with one path along which current can flow

• series circuit

• parallel circuit

• Ion

• Resistance

causes charged particles to attract or repel each other

• Electric Field

• Electric Current

• Electric Force

• Electrical Power

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-3

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

area around an electric charge which is strongest

closest to the charged particle

• Electric Current

• Electric Field

• Electric Force

• Electric Discharge

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

a group of atoms with their magnetic poles pointed

the same direction

• Magnetosphere

• Magnetic Domain

• Magnetic Field

• Magnetism

imaginary lines of force around a magnet

• Magnetosphere

• Magnetic Domain

• Magnetic Field

• Magnetism

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

a force created through a magnetic field

• Magnetosphere

• Magnetic Domain

• Magnetic Field

• Magnetism

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-3

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

a magnetic needle that is free to turn

• Magnetosphere

• Compass

• Transformer

• Electromagnet

the magnetic field around Earth that extends into space

• Magnetosphere

• Compass

• Transformer

• Electromagnet

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-3

a current-carrying wire wrapped around an iron core

• Magnetosphere

• Compass

• Transformer

• Electromagnet

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-5