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Jefferson Magnets
Fourth Grade Magnets and Electricity Study Guide!
Question | Answer |
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Can you draw a simple circuit? | (your drawing should have a battery with a lightbulb connected by wire to either side of the battery) |
Parallel Circuit | A circuit with parallel rows with one bulb in each row. If you remove a bulb, the other rows will still light! |
Series Circuit | A circuit with more than one light bulb. |
Conductors | Items that electricity can easily travel through (water, metal, etc) |
Insulators | Items that electricity cannot travel through (yarn, fabric, rubber, etc.) |
What happens when opposite magnet poles come together? | They attract, or stick together |
What happens when like magnetic poles come together? | They repel |
Why does static electricity cause things to stick together? | Positive and negative charges are lost when items are rubbed together. The positive and negative charges then attract and the items stick together! |
How can you make a temporary magnet? | By rubbing a paperclip on a magnet, the atoms line up in the paperclip temporarily, creating a magnet. |