| Term | Definition |
|---|
| pull together | when two objects have different charges |
| repel | when two objects have the same charges |
| resistance | a measure of how much a material opposes the flow of electric current and changes electric current in to heat energy |
| conductor | a material through which electirc current passes easily |
| insulator | a material through which electric current does not pass easily |
| series circuit | a circuit that connects several objects one after another so that the current flows in a single path |
| parallel circuit | a circuit that connects several objects in a way that the current for each object has its own path |
| magnet | anything that pulls iron, steel, and certain other metals to it |
| magnetism | the force around a magnet |
| magnetic field | the space around a magnet where magnetism acts |
| pole | a place on a magnet where magnetism is strongest |
| compass | a small magnet that can turn freely |
| lodestones | magnetic stones |
| northern/ southern lights | lights seen near the north and south pole caused by the Earth's magnetic field |
| generators | a machine that uses an energy source and a magnet to make electricity |
| electromagnet | a magnet made when an electric current flows through a wire |
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