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| A device that changes electrical energy to kinetic energy |
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| A flow of electric charge in a material |
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| Energy stored between atoms |
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| Energy stored in the nucleus of an atom |
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| Energy that results from the movement of electrons |
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| Has more than one path along which current can flow |
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| Has only one path along which current can flow |
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| increases the magnetic field |
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| Increasing the number of coils in an electromagnet |
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| The ability to cause change or to do work. A property of matter. |
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| The energy an object has because of its movement or position. |
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The mechanical energy due to the position of an object.
Any object above the ground has potential energy. |
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| The mechanical energy of a moving object |
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| electromagnetic induction |
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| The process in which a changing magnetic field produces an electric current |
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| The space around a magnet in which the magnet can exert a force |
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| The step-by-step ordering of events |
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| The total kinetic and potential energy of the particles in a substance |
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| a device that changes mechanical energy into electrical energy |
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| what an electric charge can move through |
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| a CLOSED electric circuit |
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| a large number of atoms with their magnetic fields pointing in the same direction |
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| acircuits closed path along which current can flow |
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| Produced by a changing magnetic field |
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| an electric current in a wire |
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| lightwaves light and other forms of energy that travel through space |
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| the push that moves electrons through a circuit |
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