Magnets
Electricity
Gravity
Electromagnets, Motors and Generators
Vocab
100

The three items that magnets attract include:

Iron, Nickle, and Cobalt

100

What is the force between charged objects?

Electric Force

100

The law of universal gravitation says that all objects in the universe attract each other through gravitational force. 

Therefore, the size of the force depends on what two things?

Mass of the object and the distance between the objects.

100

This thing uses attractive and repulsive forces between wires and magnets to create movement in the wire.

Motor

100

A push or a pull

Force

200

This is where magnets are the strongest

The poles

200

The greater the chargers, the __________ the electric force is between the objects.

The closer together the charges are, the _______ electric force is between the objects. (2 answers)

1) greater

2) greater

200

What is gravity?

A force of attraction between objects that is due to their masses.

200

What transforms mechanical kinetic energy into electrical energy by moving a wire through a magnetic field?

Generator

200

A device that converts mechanical energy into electricity.

Electric generators

300

What happens if a magnet is broken in two

Both pieces from a new north and south pole (we have 2 new magnets now)
300

What is Friction

Charging an object by rubbing two things together

300

If air resistance didn't exist and we dropped an elephant and a feather from the top of a very tall building which would hit the ground first?

They'd hit at the same time.

300

What is current? 

What are the two types of currents?

Flow of charges

AC and DC (alternating current and direct current)

300

A device that converts electricity into mechanical energy

Electric motor

400

In magnets the domains are arranged this way.



In a line, orderly, neatly, etc.

400

What is the difference between conduction and induction?

Conduction is charging an object through direct contact and induction is charging an object through indirect contact.

400

Gravitational force increases as mass does what

increases

400

This is a temporary magnet that is composed of a coiling wire (called a solenoid) around a metal core and a current passing through the wire.

Electromagnets

400

The presence and/or flow of electric charges

Electricity

500

List 3 ways to demagnetize a magnet and 1 way to make a magnets stronger (6 answers)

1) Dropping the magnet 

2) Put the magnet in a strong magnetic field 

3) Increase the temperature 

1) Freezing it

500

What is the difference between conductors and insulators?

Conductors allow the flow of charges and insulators restrict the flow of charges

500

The gravitational force increases as the distance between objects does what?

Decreases

500

What are the three ways to increase the strength of an electromagnet.

1) increase the number of coils in the solenoid 

2) increase the size of the core

3) increase the amount of current (bigger battery)

500

Build up of electric charge in an object

static electricty