Potential Energy
Gravity
Magnetism
Electricity
Vocabulary
100
Unlike kinetic energy, potential energy is...
stored
100
What objects have gravity?
All objects
100
In a magnet _____________ poles repel.
like
100
What is an electron?
particle that carries a negative charge
100
What is the ability to do work or cause change?
Energy
200
What is potential energy that depends on height called?
gravitational potential
200
What factors affect the strength of gravity?
Mass and Distance
200
What is the region around a magnet where the magnetic force is exerted is known as?
magnetic field
200
As in the case of unlike magnetic poles, unlike electric charges...
attract
200
The buildup of charges on an object is called
static electricity
300
The type of energy that depends on position is called...
potential
300
Venus and Earth have the same mass, which has more gravity with the sun?
Venus
300
Every magnet, regardless of its shape, has two...
poles
300
Protons and electrons have opposite ______________________.
charges
300
The attraction or repulsion between magnetic poles is called ______________________.
magnetic force
400
Which letters represent the positions of maximum potential energy of the pendulum?
A and E
400
Earth and the moon have the same distance from the sun. Which has more gravity?
Earth
400
The closer together a magnet's magnetic field lines are...
the stronger the force
400
Magnetic ___________________________ spread out from one pole, curve around the magnetic, and return to the other pole.
field lines
400
The attraction or repulsion between electric charges is called the _______________________.
electric force
500
Describe how the kinetic and potential energies of the pendulum are changing at position B.
Kinetic increases and potential decreases
500
Why do objects in space appear to be floating
outside of gravitational fields
500
What happens if you break a magnet?
Two magnets
500
The strength of the electric field of a charged particle becomes greater as the distance from the particle _________________.
decreases
500
What is the force of attraction or repulsion of magnetic materials?
magnetism