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Science - Forces and Fields - Word List
Flashcards do conjunto (18)
- 1Forcea push, pull or twist
- 2Accelerationthe rate at which an object changes its velocity
- 3Massis the amount of matter in an object
- 4Lightningthe release of static charge in the sky
- 5Weightthe force with which an object is attracted to Earth and is equal to the product of the object's mass and the acceleration due to gravity
- 6Spring Balancean instrument used to measure weight or force by how far a spring moves
- 7Domaina region in a ferromagnetic material (iron, nickel and cobalt) that alights with a magnetic field
- 8Satellitea celestial body (like a moon) or artifact object that orbits a planet
- 9Fieldan area that can exert a force on an object
- 10Contact Forcea force required to be in direct contact with an object to cause a push, pull or twist
- 11Non-Contact Forcea force applied to an object by another body that s not in direct contact with it
- 12Electrostaticrelating to stationary electric charges or fields
- 13Magnetproduces a magnetic field which attracts metallic objects composed of iron, cobalt or nickel
- 14Compassan instrument consisting of a freely rotating magnetised needle that indicates magnetic north
- 15Newtonthe unit for force
- 16Frictiona contact force that opposes motion and produces heat
- 17Electromagneta type of magnet created by electricity
- 18Gravitya force of attraction that moves bodies towards the centre o a celestial body, such as the Earth or the Moon
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