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26 Cards in this Set
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Circuit |
complete conducting pathway |
parallel and series |
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Electricity |
a form of energy resulting from the existence of charged particles either statically o r dynamically as a current |
form of energy that can travel along conductors |
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Electromagnet |
current-carrying coil wrapped around a iron bar |
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current |
flow of electrons around a conducting pathway |
electrons moving in a circuit |
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electrons |
negatively charged partiles |
neutrons and protons |
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battery |
power source of two or more cells |
beginning of a circuit |
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magnet |
object that attracts iron or steel |
negative and positive |
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attract |
when two or more things are drawn together |
n and s magnets |
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repel |
when two or ,more objects avoid eachother |
n a nd n magnets |
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compass |
object with a magnetized needs that needs to rotate |
NORTH SOUTH EAST AND WEST |
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name 3 examples of where you might observe the effects of static electricity |
taking clothes out of the dryer touching a metal gate lightening jumping on a trampoline |
rubbing a balloon on your head |
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---(x)--- name this |
a bulb |
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------ name this |
a wire |
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---I I---- |
a cell |
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---(A)--- |
ammeter |
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---(V)--- |
voltmeter |
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______ ---I______I--- name this and name the similar looking one |
resister and fuse |
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____./.___ |
open switch |
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---I I I I ---- |
battery |
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closed switch |
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what type of circuit is this ------I I------ I I I I I I --(X)---(X)-- |
series |
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-----I I----- I I --I--(X)--I-- I I ---(X)--- |
parallel |
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conductors |
let electricity move through them easily |
opposite of insulators |
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insulator |
does not allow electricity to movee through it easily |
opposite of conductors |
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series circuit |
a series circuit is a continuous pathway which light bulbs are connected one after the other |
opposite of parallel |
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parallel circuit |
a parallel circuit is when there are two separate pathways for the electricity to flow |
opposite of series |
