Electricity and Magnetism Vocabulary

a source of power that turns stored (chemical)

energy into electricity

• Circuit

• Battery

• Generator

• Invent

a device that is used for making or breaking the

connection of electricity in a circuit

• Wire

• Rotate

• Switch

• Push

the complete path that electricity flows in

• Electric

• Danger

• Insulate

• Circuit

a type of electricity that occurs on the

surfaces of objects

• Static Electricity

• Push

• Power

• Shock

to tightly hold on to something

• Loop

• Cling

• Motor

• Contact

a small opening where electrical cords can be

plugged in to access electricity

• Power Lines

• Electrician

• Socket

• Repel

Attached to something

• Appliance

• invent

• Lightning

• Connected

to use force to bring something toward yourself

• Pull

• Rotate

• Patent

• Plug

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a type of electricity that exists

in wires

• Cord

• Magnetic Pole

• Current Electricity

• Install

to use force to move something away from yourself

• Push

• Source

• Wiring

• Repel

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