| A | B |
|---|
| static electricity | charge that stays on an object |
| electric current | flow of electric charge |
| circuit | the path for an electric current |
| matter | anything that occupies space |
| conductor | currents can pass through easily |
| metals | these are good conductors |
| insulator | currents cannot pass through these |
| series circuit | circuit has only one path for the current to pass through |
| parallel circuit | has more than one path for current to pass through |
| magnet | object that attracts certain materials |
| magnetic poles | a magnet has two of these |
| N and S | poles are marked with these |
| pull | A magnet's _______ is strongest here. |
| magnetic field | space around a magnet where its force can act |
| opposite | poles attract |
| like | poles repel |
| Earth | has a magnetic field making it a giant bar magnet |
| core | wire is wrapped around this |
| electromagnet | made when wire is wrapped around a core |
| compass | uses a lightweight magnetic needle |
