Atoms
The term for what is in the CENTER of an atom
Nucleus
The man who described the ability to pick up lightweight objects as the “electrical force”
William Gilbert
The original four basic elements
earth, fire, air, water.
One kilometer is ____ meters
1,000
The fundamental force of electricity is given by ______‘s law
Coulombs’s Law
The two particles in a nucleus
Protons, neutrons
A quantity with both magnitude and direction.
Vector
The number of fundamental forces in the universe
Four
10^5 simplified is…
100,000
In order to determine the force that gravity has on an object, you must multiply gravity by…
The translation of “atom“ in Greek
Indivisible
The opposite of a vector.
A scalar
“an object’s inertia will allow it to keep going as long as there are no forces to stop it.” Is defined as:
Newton’s first law of motion
0.001 simplified is…
10^-3
The electric field flux is a _____ quantity.
scalar
The particle orbiting the nucleus
Electron
The wind over the surface of the Earth
Vector Field
An electric force depends not only on charge, but also on…
Distance
The value of a kilo
1,000 OR 10^3
ϕE , or the Greek letter “phi”, describes the quantity called…
electric field flux
The mass of an electron is…
9.1 x 10^-31 kg
The Greek word for amber.
”Elektron”
The name of the generator that uses static electricity to create interesting effects
The mass of the Sun, in kilograms
Approx. 2,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg
OR
2 × 10^30 kg
The gravitational constant, or Newton’s constant, is known as…
G