Quiz about 8th Electricity & Magnetism Vocab (topic 5)

Question 1

What term means forces and fields?

Accepted Answer

charges

Answer

electron

Answer

proton

Question 2

What is the term for negatively charged particles?

Accepted Answer

electrons

Answer

neutrons

Answer

electric force

Question 3

What is the term for particles without a charge?

Accepted Answer

neutral

Answer

magnetism

Answer

field

Question 4

What is the term for a force between charged particles and objects?

Accepted Answer

Electric force

Answer

poles

Answer

electricity

Question 5

What is a region around the charged particles or objects where the electric force is exerted on other charged particles or objects?

Accepted Answer

Electric field

Answer

galvanometer

Answer

magnetic poles

Question 6

What is a continuous flow of charge?

Accepted Answer

electric current

Answer

static electricity

Answer

magnet

Question 7

What is the term for allowing charges to flow more freely?

Accepted Answer

Conductors

Answer

insulator

Answer

magnetic poles

Question 8

What attracts iron and materials that contain iron?

Accepted Answer

Magnet

Answer

conductor

Answer

solenoid

Question 9

What is the attraction or repulsion of other magnets?

Accepted Answer

magnetism

Answer

interaction

Answer

Magnetic poles

Question 10

What is the action between two things called?

Accepted Answer

Interaction

Answer

electromagnetism

Answer

magnetic field

Question 11

What is a push or pull that occurs when a magnet interacts with another object?

Accepted Answer

magnetic force

Answer

solenoid

Answer

produce

Question 12

What are the two ends of a magnet; where the force is the strongest called?

Accepted Answer

Magnetic poles

Answer

static electricity

Answer

magnet

Question 13

What is the term for an area of magnetic force that surrounds a magnet?

Accepted Answer

magnetic field

Answer

electric field

Answer

galvanometer

Question 14

What is the relationship between electricity and magnetism called?

Accepted Answer

Electromagnetism

Answer

conductor

Answer

insulator

Question 15

What is a coil of wire with a current running through it?

Accepted Answer

solenoid

Answer

produce

Answer

generator

Question 16

What is a solenoid with a ferromagnetic core?

Accepted Answer

Electromagnet

Answer

magnetic poles

Answer

electric field

Question 17

What term means to create, bring forth?

Accepted Answer

produce

Answer

generator

Answer

electric field

Question 18

What is the term for a device that measures a small current?

Accepted Answer

Galvanometer

Answer

solenoid

Answer

motor

Question 19

What is a device that uses an electric current to turn an axle?

Accepted Answer

electric motor

Answer

interaction

Answer

electric field

Question 20

What is the process of generating an electric current from the motion of a conductor through a magnetic field?

Accepted Answer

electromagnetic induction

Answer

magnetic poles

Answer

Conductors

Question 21

What term mean beginning or where it originates from?

Accepted Answer

Source

Answer

field

Answer

neutral

Question 22

What term transforms mechanical energy into an electric current?

Accepted Answer

generator

Answer

electrons

Answer

magnetic field

Question 23

What is a device that increases or decreases voltage using two separate coils of insulated wire that are wrapped around an iron core?

Accepted Answer

Transformer

Answer

interaction

Answer

electric force

Question 24

What is the term for the buildup of charge on an object?

Accepted Answer

static electricity

Answer

magnetism

Answer

electric field

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