8th grade chpt 11 Magnetism
Across
- 5. the relationship between electric current and magnetism
- 7. metal that bends when it gets hot from too much current flowing through the wire
- 9. he produced an electric current in a wire and saw it changed a compass’ needle
- 13. he found that Earth acts like a giant magnet
- 16. a device that transforms mechanical energy into electrical energy
- 17. if you ___ the amount of current in a wire it will ___ the strength of the current flowing through
- 19. you can increase or decrease the number of ___ in a wire to change the strength of the current
- 22. a magnetic field spreads out from the ___ pole of the magnet, curves around and returns to the other pole
- 23. a solenoid with a ferro-magnetic core
- 25. this transformer is when the primary wire has more coils than the secondary
- 26. when allowed to swing freely, one end of a bar magnet will always point ___ and the other end ___
- 28. a positive pull of magnets toward each other
- 29. the attraction or repulsion of magnetic materials is called this
- 30. this charge comes from protons and electrons
- 32. a device that increases or decreases voltage
- 35. the ___ poles of magnets attract each other
- 36. a magnetic field produced by a current has a ___ and a direction
- 37. the attraction or repulsion between magnetic poles
- 39. materials in which electrons do not move easily
- 41. a devise that measures small currents
- 44. As Earth’s magnetic poles move, the magnetic declination in a given location will ____
- 46. these poles are the ones where Earth’s has its greatest magnetic force
- 47. this is a coil of wire with a current
Down
- 1. the area of a magnet’s force around a magnet
- 2. states that electric charges cannot be made or destroyed only transferred from object to object
- 3. tendency of a material to oppose the flow of electrons in a current
- 4. the ability to move an object over a distance
- 6. this is caused by an accumulation of excess electric charges on an object
- 8. this type of current flows in one direction
- 10. the type of current produced by a battery is ___ current
- 11. this type of current can change direction
- 12. the ___ ends of two magnets will repel each other
- 14. when magnets push away from each other
- 15. materials in which electrons move easily
- 18. when an electric current flows through a wire, a ___ ___ forms
- 20. this has a magnet on a needle that spins freely and always points north
- 21. in a solenoid, the two ends act like the poles of a ___, but the N and S poles can change direction if the current changes direction
- 24. magnetic ____ is the angle between geographic North pole and magnetic North pole
- 27. his law states that current in a circuit equals the voltage difference divided by the resistance
- 31. this is the place on Earth we consider the poles when looking at Earth’s Geography
- 33. this transformer is when the primary wore has less coils than the secondary
- 34. moving magnets close or apart produces ___
- 38. a net movement of charges in a single direction through a wire or conductor is an electric ____
- 40. magnets have 2 ends, or ____
- 42. any material that attracts iron and materials that contain iron
- 43. magnets can interact ___ even touching
- 45. an electric ___ transforms electric current into mechanical energy