Electricity and Magnetism Vocabulary Quiz

The build up of electric charges on the surface of an object.

• current electricity

• static electricity

• electric force

• electric circuit

_____________ is the flow of electric charges through a path or conductor.

• current electricity

• static electricity

• electric force

• electric circuit

The force of attraction between two electrically charged objects or a charged and a neutral object.

• electric force

• electric circuit

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An electrical outlet or a battery is an example of ___________.

• conductor

• insulator

• voltage source

Any object that current can flow on, for example a wire, is called a ________________.

• resistor

• switch

• conductor

• insulator

An object/material that doesn't allow electricity to flow. For example plastic or rubber.

• conductor

• resistor

• insulator

• switch

Objects that output energy. (Ex: light bulb)

• switch

• insulator

• conductor

• resistor

A device used to start and stop the flow of electricity.

• resistor

• conductor

• switch

_____________ is generated by the presence of magnetic fields or by an electric current.

• Magnetism

• Electromagnetism

• Electric current

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Electromagnetism is magnetism that is only generated by an _________________________.

• electric force

• electric circuit

• electric current

• resistor

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