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17 Cards in this Set
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Static Electricity |
Charges that don't move |
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Positive & Negative |
Two kinds of charges |
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Negative Charges |
Charges are separated on objects |
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Electric Field |
The space around a charged object |
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Electric Current |
The flow of charges |
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Circuit |
A path for electric current |
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Battery or An Electric Cell |
Adds energy to a circuit |
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Conductor |
Charges moves freely through |
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Insulator |
Charges don't move easily through |
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Parallel Circuits |
Has two or more paths for moving charges. |
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A Magnet attracts materials made of |
Steel or Iron |
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Magnetic forces are strongest at |
Magnet's poles |
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Magnetic Field |
The space near a magnet where magnetic forces act. |
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Current in a wire produces |
A magnetic field around the wire. |
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What do you make if you loop a wire around an iron core? |
An Electromagnet |
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Two way's to make electromagnets stronger |
1. add more coils 2. add more current |
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Generator |
Produces electricity from a magnetic field. |
