Miscellaneous
This is a weight hanging from a fixed point so it can swing backwards and forwards freely
What is a pendulum?
An object that has two poles
What is a dipole?
This refers to the condition of having poles, a region of positive charge and a region of negative charge.
What is polarity?
This is the continuous flow of charged particles from the sun to the Earth and beyond.
What is solar wind?
The curved path taken by an object around another object
What is orbit?
This is a genre of entertainment that speculates what the technology of the future will be like.
What is science fiction?
This the the connection between an electric circuit and a nonmetallic component
What is an electrode?
This describes how electric charges are moving around a magnetic object
What is a magnetic field?
This natural light show occurs in Northern latitudes when charged particles pass by the Earth.
What is aurora borealis?
An object that has a stable orbit around a larger object
What is a satellite?
This is the attraction toward a large center of mass
What is gravitation?
The release of electrical charge through a medium such as air is this.
What is a discharge?
This is the definition of magnetism.
What is attractive or repulsive force caused by moving electric charges?
This is the intense eruption of charged particles from the sun.
What is solar flare?
This is the name given to one complete orbit around a celestial body
What is revolution?
This is the more plausible fictional story when comparing Dune and The Martian
What is The Martian?
This is the branch of electricity that deals with stationary charges or fields
What is electrostatics?
This is the creation of a magnetic field using an electric current or the creation of an electric current using a moving magnetic field.
What is induction?
This protects the Earth's atmosphere from being stripped away by charged particles.
What is magnetosphere? (Earth's magnetic field)
An object's rotation around its own axis matches the time it takes to complete one full revolution around a larger body.
What is tidal locking?
This is the definition of strong force
What is the force that holds the nucleus of atoms together?
This is an afterimage left by static electricity.
What is a Lichtenberg figure?
This is the definition of electromagnet
What is a magnet that can be strengthened using an electric current?
This is the definition of radiation
What is the emission of charged particles or EM waves?
The time it takes for an object to complete one revolution around a larger body is the same as the time it takes for the larger body to complete one rotation around its axis?
What is geosynchronous?