SOL 4.3 Electricity and Magnetism

a measure of the extra positive or negative that an object has + - charge

an electric charge that stays on an object static electricity

the space around an object in which electric forces occur electric field

a flow of electric charges electric current

a path that is made for an electric current circuit

A device that supplies energy to move charges through a circuit electric cell

A material that electric current can pass through easily conductor

a material that current cannot pass through easily examples: plastic, rubber, glass, wood insulator

a material that resists the flow of current, but does not stop it resistor

a circuit that has only one path for current to flow series circuit

a circuit that has more than one path along which current can travel parallel circuit

An object that attracts certain materials, such as iron or steel magnet

the end of a magnet magnetic pole

the space all around a magnet where the force of the magnet can act magnetic field

an arrangement of wire wrapped around a core, producing a temporary magnet electromagnet