Transcript liElectricity and Magnetism Jeopardy

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of Light
Reflection
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Colors
Eye
Anatomy
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Using a
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Final Jeopardy Question
To pull towards one another.
Attract
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A build-up of electrical charge.
Static Electricity
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To push away
Repel
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An instrument that uses a freely moving
magnetic needle to indicate direction
Compass
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A material through which electricity doesn’t flow.
An Insulator
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A material in which electricity flows easily.
Conductor
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When a build-up of electrical charge empties
into something
a Discharge
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A circuit in which each bulb is connected to the
cell separately
Parallel Circuit
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A complete path that electricity can move.
Circuit
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A moving electrical charge.
Electricity
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When too much current flows through a conductor.
Short Circuit
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A parallel circuit has
2 or more paths for electrons
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What is electricity
flow of electrons
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A proton has a positive electric _______.
Charge
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An object is charged by _________ when no
contact is made with the charged object.
Induction
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The movement of charges, or electrons,
through a circuit is____.
Current
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Plastics, glass, and wood are
examples of an electric ___.
Insulators
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A ___ circuit allows electric devices to be
Disconnected with out interrupting the current to
other parts of the circuit.
Parallel
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The best conductor of electricity is
____.
Copper
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The material in a light bulb that glows when
heated by an electric current.
Filament
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A switch that protects circuits from
dangerously high currents.
Circuit Breaker
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A form of energy that can produce
light, heat, and magnetism.
Electricity
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A piece of iron that becomes a temporary
magnet when electricity flows through an
insulated wire wrapped around it.
Electromagnet
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A property of certain kinds of materials that
causes them to attract iron, metal, or steel.
Magnetism
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flash of light caused by a discharge
of static electricity.
Lightning
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A circuit in which the current must flow
through one bulb in order to flow through
the other
Series Circuit
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A device that keeps too much electric current
from flowing through wires.
A Fuse
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The small shock you feel when you rub your
shoes on carpet and touch somethingmetal is
caused by _______
Conduction
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According to the law of electric charge:
Opposites attract and Likes repel
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The unit used to measure electric power is
the ____.
Watt
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List the colors of the spectrum
from shortest wavelength to
longest.
Violet
Indigo
Blue
Green
Yellow
Orange
Red
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