Unit 2 Vocabulary Quiz 1

These for forces are always attractive between two objects. **the greater the mass=the greater the attraction.

• Gravitational Force

• Magnetic Force

• Electric Force

• Frictional Force

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A force that attracts or repels objects towards or away from each other. These forces act only on moving charges.

• Magnetic Force

• Gravitational Force

• Magnetic Field

• Frictional Force

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A non-contact force that exists between any tow objects possessing an electric charge, causing them to either attract or repel each other.

• Electric force

• Electric Field

• Gravitational Force

• Frictional Force

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These forces can act on objects without physical contact. These include electric forces, gravitational forces, and magnetic forces.

• Noncontact forces

• frictional forces

• North Pole

• South Pole

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Attraction

• force that pulls together

• To confuse or mislead someone.
• To remain stationary and not move.
• To repel or push away from oneself.

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Repel

• To drive away or force back.
• To confuse or mix up.
• To ignore or overlook.
• To attract or draw in.

The region of space surrounding a body in which another body experiences a force of gravitational attraction.

• Electric field
• Magnetic field
• Friction Field

• Gravitational field

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The area around a magnet or moving electric charge that can exert a magnetic force. In other words, the area of magnetism surrounding the magnet.

• magnetic field
• static field
• gravitational field
• electric field

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The force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth.

• Magnetism
• Friction
• Centrifugal force
• Gravity

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A type of magnet in which the magnetic field is produced by an electric current.

• Permanent magnet
• Superconductor
• Magnetic field generator
• Electromagnet

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