Electricity & Magnetism | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

0%

0 0 0

What is the needle on a compass?

A magnet

The electrons always move in the same direction is called...

A direct current

Objects that have an electrical charge...

Attract or repel each other

What is an imaginary line joining the two poles?

The magnetic axis

What is an object that attracts objects made of iron and other magnetic metals?

A magnet

Particles that have an electrical charge are called....

electrons

When an electric current flows through a piece of magnetic metal such as iron, it creates an....

Electromagnet

Magnets can exert....

magnetic forces

What are materials that do not conduct electric current well?

Insulators

When an electric current flows through a conductor it...

Can heat up

What are the two magnetic poles?`

North pole and South Pole

What are particles?

Objects have tiny parts that can be exchanged with another object.

What is the movement of electrically charged particles through a material?

An electric current

What happens when we rub a pen against a wool jumper and then hold the pen near some small pieces of paper?

The paper will stick to the pen. (the pen becomes electrically charged)

What can have a positive charge or a negative charge?

Objects

When an electric current flows through a coil it..

Generates a magnetic force

The Earth behaves like a....

giant magnet

What can electric currents produce?

Light

What happens when there is a force that makes objects move apart?

Electrically charged objects repel each other

What happens when there is a force that makes two objects move towards each other?

They attract each other

What allow electrons to flow through them easily?

Conductors