Magnets Conductor or Insulator Circuits Electrical Vocabulary Parts of the Light bulb

This happens when two objects are pulled together

What is attract?

This happens when things push away, like two magnets push away from one another

What is repel?

An instrument that uses a freely moving magnet to indicate direction

What is a compass?

A temporary magnet created when current flows through wire wrapped in coils

What is an electromagnet?

A region of magnetic force around a magnet

What is a magnetic field?

Aluminum foil

What is a conductor?

Rubber band

What is an insulator?

Wood

What is an insulator?

A wet body

What is a conductor?

Glass

What is an insulator?

A device that can open or close an electrical circuit

What is a switch?

A broken or incomplete path that electricity cannot flow through

What is an open circuit?

A clear and complete path that electricity can flow through

What is a closed circuit?

A circuit in which the current must flow through each electrical device in order to complete the circuit

What is a series circuit?

A circuit in which each electrical device is independently connected to the electrical source

What is a parallel circuit?

The common name for a dry cell

What is a battery?

A discharge of static electricity from a thundercloud

What is lightning?

The flow of electrons that causes electricity

What is current?

A material that electricity has difficulty flowing through

What is a resistor?

A buildup of an electrical charge

What is static electricity?

The metal wires that glows brightly when electricity flows through them

What is the tungsten filament?

The thin layer of glass that surrounds the light bulb mechanism and the inert gases

What is the glass envelope?

The threaded base of the bulb that secures it to a lamp

What is the screw cap?

The glass that insulates the bulb's fuses - located in the stem of the bulb

What is the fuse enclosure?

The bulb is filled with this kind of gas

What is inert gas?