Science Vocabulary

Question 1

The source of electricity

Answer 1

D-Cell

Question 2

This provides energy to light the bulb

Answer 2

Energy Source

Question 3

A component that uses electricity from the source to make something happen

Answer 3

Electricity Receiver

Question 4

A pathway for the flow of electricity

Answer 4

Circuit

Question 5

The part of a bulb that gets hot and produces light

Answer 5

Filament

Question 6

An organized group of related objects that forms a whole

Answer 6

System

Question 7

The place in a circuit where connections are made to allow electricity to flow

Answer 7

Contact Point

Question 8

A circuit where electricity is able to flow, but there is no receiver or resistance, resulting in a build-up of heat

Answer 8

Short Circuit

Question 9

A device used to open and close circuits

Answer 9

Switch

Question 10

An incomplete circuit through which electricity will not flow

Answer 10

Open Circuit

Question 11

A complete circuit through which electricity flows

Answer 11

Closed Circuit

Question 12

Observable evidence of energy

Answer 12

Motion

Question 13

A substance, commonly a metal such as copper or aluminum, through which electricity will flow

Answer 13

Conductor

Question 14

A material that prevents the flow of electricity, commonly plastic, rubber, glass, or air

Answer 14

Insulator

Question 15

The ability to do work or make things happen

Answer 15

Energy

Question 16

A circuit with only one pathway for current flow

Answer 16

Series Circuit

Question 17

One part of a circuit system (for example, a switch or a bulb)

Answer 17

Component

Question 18

The direction a battery is pointing, which is important when using two batteries in a series circuit

Answer 18

Orientation

Question 19

A circuit that splits into two or more pathways before coming together at the battery

Answer 19

Parallel Circuit

Question 20

An object that sticks to iron

Answer 20

Permanent Magnet

Question 21

A specific kind of force

Answer 21

Magnetism

Question 22

The two different ends of a magnet

Answer 22

Poles

Question 23

What magnets to when they pull together

Answer 23

Attract

Question 24

What magnets do when they push apart

Answer 24

Repel

Question 25

A push or pul

Answer 25

Force

Question 26

A property of certain kinds of materials that causes them to attract or repel

Answer 26

Magnetism

Question 27

An invisible field around a magnet

Answer 27

Magnetic field

Question 28

A piece of iron that behaves like a magnet when it is touching a permanent magnet

Answer 28

Temporary Magnet

Question 29

The influence of a permanent magnet’s magnetic field on a piece of iron, which makes the iron act like a magnet

Answer 29

Induced Magnetism

Question 30

An educated guess based on data or previous experience

Answer 30

Prediction

Question 31

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

Answer 31

Electromagnet

Question 32

The material around which a coil is wound

Answer 32

Core

Question 33

A wire wound repeatedly around a central core

Answer 33

Coil

Question 34

Something that applies the results of scientific research

Answer 34

Technology

Question 35

A device for sending coded messages by signals produced by closing and opening an electric circuit

Answer 35

Telegraph

Question 36

An educated guess based on knowledge or information

Answer 36

Prediction