Electromagnetic Forces Vocabulary

an object that attracts iron and other materials that have magnetic qualities similar to iron

• magnet

• magnetic force

• electromagnetism

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a force of attraction or repulsion created by a magnet

• magnet

• magnetic force

• electromagnetism

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the place on a magnet where the force it exerts is the strongest

• magnetic pole

• magnetic energy

• magnetic potential energy

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stored energy due to the interactions of magnetic poles in a magnetic field

• energy field

• magnet

• magnetic potential energy

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the invisible region around a charged object where an electric force is applied

• electric field

• magnetic potential energy

• electrically charged

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the condition of having an unbalanced amount of positive charge or negative charge

• electric field

• electrically charged

• electrically neutral

a particle with equal amounts of positive charge and negative charge

• electrically neutral

• electrically charged

• electric field

charging an object without touching it

• conduction

• electric insulator

• induction

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a material through which electrons cannot easily move

• induction

• electric insulator

• conduction

the transfer of charged particles between two conductors

• conduction

• induction

• electric insulator

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