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What is a magnetic field? |
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An area where the force of a magnet is felt |
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What is an electric force? |
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An interaction between two objects that have a positive or negative charge |
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Which form of energy has both a postive and negative charge? |
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Why does a magnet lose strength each time you drop it? |
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What is the common name for Aurora Borealis? |
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Which scientist invented/discovered that lightning is a form of electricity? |
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What early people experimented with lodestone and invented the compass? |
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A path for an electrical current to use |
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Define static electricity |
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A type of electricity that means not moving |
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wire wrapped around a piece of metal that creates a temporary magnet when an electric current passes through it |
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A circuit with only one path |
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An object that attracts certain items like steel and iron |
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What is a parallel circuit |
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A circuit that has more than one path |
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material that electricity can pass through easily |
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