Magnetic Fields Review

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What is potential energy?

Back

The energy that is stored in an object or system.

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How does magnetic force affect the energy in a system of magnets when the magnets are released and begin to move?

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The magnetic force changes potential energy into kinetic energy.

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How is energy being transferred when a magnet is released?

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Potential --> Kinetic

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What happens to the potential energy in the system when the magnetic train is moved away from the stationary magnet?

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The potential energy increases because the magnet is moved against the magnet force.

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What happens to the energy in a system of magnets when the magnetic force causes two magnets to move?

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Some of the potential energy is converted to kinetic energy.

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What is kinetic energy?

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The energy that an object has because it is moving.

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What is the relationship between potential energy and kinetic energy in a moving system?

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Potential energy can be converted into kinetic energy and vice versa.

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What is a magnetic field?

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A region around a magnet where magnetic forces can be felt.

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What happens to the magnetic force as two magnets are brought closer together?

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The magnetic force increases as the magnets get closer.

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What is the principle of conservation of energy?

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Energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed from one form to another.