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Unit E, Chapter 4
I.
Vocabulary
charge
electric field
circuit
conductor
resistor
parallel circuit
magnetic poles
electromagnet
static electricity
electric current
electric cell
insulator
series circuit
magnet
magnetic field
II.
Concepts
Positive and Negative Charges
Good conductors
Understand the Magnet Poles and when magnets are attracted to each other and
when they repel each other
Understand the difference between a series and parallel circuit (drawing in notes)
III.
Essay Questions (pick 3)
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4.
What two magnets make a compass work? How do they interact?
In what ways are electricity and magnetism alike?
Contrast conductors and insulators.
Why will chalk dust sprinkled on a sheet of paper placed over a bar magnet
NOT show the shape of the magnetic field?