Unit 2 Electric & Magnetic Forces Vocabulary

Any material that attracts iron or materials that contain iron

• electron

• magnet

a region where magnetic force can be detected

• magnetic field

• neutron

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The impending slowing or stopping effect exerted by one material thing on another

• voltage

• resistance

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particle with a negative charge

• protron

• electron

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a particle with a positive charge

• protron

• electron

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a particle with no charge

• electron

• neutron

A stationary electric charge, typically produced by friction, which causes sparks or crackling.

• voltage

• static electricity

electric potential energy per unit charge.

• voltage

• magnetic field

coil of wire around an iron core

• magnetic field

• electromagnet