Magnetism and Electricity Vocabulary
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- Electricity Source
- provides the energy
- Heat Energy
- type of energy that comes from anything that gives off heat
- Electromagnet
- a coil of wire would around steel which produces a magnetic field when electricity flows through the wire
- Components
- parts
- Switch
- controls the flow of electricity
- Parallel Circuit
- a circuit with two or more pathways for the electricity to flow
- Solar Energy
- type of energy that comes only form the sun
- Reflection
- when light bounces off an object
- Open Circuit
- incomplete circuit that electricity can't flow through
- Series Circuit
- a circuit with only one pathway for the electricity to flow
- Insulator
- a substance that electricity can't flow through
- Conductor
- a substance that electricity can flow through
- Refraction
- when light bends
- Electricity Receiver
- a component that uses electricity to do something
- Light Energy
- type of energy the comes from anything that gives off light
- Closed Circuit
- complete circuit that electricity can flow through