Elecricity & magnetism

Question 1

Static

Answer 1

A not moving stationary. An accumulation ( build up) of electricity charges

Question 2

Static electricity

Answer 2

Electricity that does not move

Question 3

Electrons

Answer 3

Electric current that creates a flow of microscope particles

Question 4

Attract

Answer 4

Opposite charges attract ( + and -)

Question 5

Repel

Answer 5

Charges that repel (+ and + or - and -)

Question 6

Lamp/bulb

Answer 6

When a lamp is switched on electricity transfers energy to lamp. The lamp has light energy

Question 7

Mains electricity

Answer 7

Comes from sockets

Question 8

Battery

Answer 8

Chemical energy that are stored into them. |I symbol.

Question 9

Cell

Answer 9

Stores chemical energy and transfers it to electrical energy. |I symbol

Question 10

Conductor

Answer 10

Material that electrons move freely through them

Question 11

Insulator

Answer 11

Materials that do not allow electricity to flow through them

Question 12

Circuit

Answer 12

Batteries and lamps joined up by wires to makes a closed loop

Question 13

Amps

Answer 13

Current is measured in amps. The short way of writing amps is A

Question 14

Volts

Answer 14

Voltage is measured in volts. The short way of writing volts it V

Question 15

Ammeter

Answer 15

An instrument used to measure voltage

Question 16

Parallel

Answer 16

A circuit that is wired on loops

Question 17

Series

Answer 17

A circuit that is wired in a circle

Question 18

Magnetic material

Answer 18

Iron, cobalt and nickel

Question 19

Magnetism

Answer 19

The properties of attraction, possessed by magnets

Question 20

Magnet

Answer 20

An object that makes a magnet field

Question 21

North Pole

Answer 21

A type of force that repels

Question 22

South Pole

Answer 22

A type of force that repels

Question 23

Core

Answer 23

A magnetic material put inside a coil to make an electromagnet

Question 24

Electromagnet

Answer 24

A magnet that only works if an electrical current goes through it

Question 25

Magnet field line

Answer 25

The area a magnet is affected by magnetic force

Question 26

Filament

Answer 26

A piece of resistant wire in a light bulb the wire glows when electricity passes through it

Question 27

Short circuit

Answer 27

electrical circuit that allows a current to travel along an unintended path with no or a very low electrical impedance.

Question 28

Component

Answer 28

a part or element of a larger whole, especially a part of a machine or vehicle.

Question 29

Neutral

Answer 29

also known as “identity element”. Neutral solution: a chemical solution which is neither acidic nor basic. Neutral particle: a particle without electrical charge.

Question 30

Electricity

Answer 30

form of energy resulting from the existence of charged particles (such as electrons or protons), statically as an accumulation of charge or dynamically as a current.

Question 30

ampere

Answer 30

the flow of electric charge across a surface at the rate of one coulomb per second

Question 31

Plug

Answer 31

a device for making an electrical connection,

Question 32

Switch

Answer 32

a device for making and breaking the connection in an electric circuit.

Question 33

Charges

Answer 33

physical property of matter that causes it to experience a force when placed in an electromagnetic field

Positive negative

Question 34

Buzzer

Answer 34

an electrical device, similar to a bell, that makes a buzzing noise and is used for signaling.

Question 35

Electric appliance

Answer 35

Home appliances

Question 36

Electric device

Answer 36

a device that trips like a switch and opens the circuit when overloaded.