Electricity and Magnetism VA SOL 5.4

Closed circuits allow movement of electrical energy, but ____ circuits do not.

Magnetism and ___ are very closely related.

Magnets attract these metals:

If you rub your feet on the carpet, or rub a balloon on a wool sweater, you may create ____ electricity.

Electrical energy moves easily through materials that are ___. Some examples are steel, copper, iron, gold and silver.

A current flowing through a wire creates a _________ field.

This circuit has more than one pathway for the flow of electrical current. If one bulb burns out, the others will remain lit. It is a _____ circuit.

The iron filings in this picture show lines of ___ created by a magnetic field.

An electric current creates a magnetic field, and a magnetic field creates a(n) _____,

Materials like rubber, plastic and wood do not conduct electricity well because electrons do not move easily through them are called:

What is a conductor? Provide 1 example

Wires are usually made from ___ because it conducts electricity well

If your string of holiday lights goes dark when one little bulb burns out, the string of lights is a ___ circuit.

What types of circuits are the following?

Some circuits use power from batteries. Batteries are sometimes called ___, and have positive and negative charges.

If you wrap a wire around a nail and run electricity through the wire, you have created an____, which can be turned on and off.

Lightening is a form of ________ electricity.

A ___ is a container full of chemicals that react with one another to become a source of electrons.

What is an insulator? Provide 1 example

Which lightbulb will light, an open or closed circuit?