Work in groups of 3 or 4 to find the definitions of the following
WORD LIST.
Word
Definition
Applied Force
Balanced Force
Buoyancy
Charge
Contact Force
Those forces that need to touch to exert their effect
Driven Gear
Driving gear
Effort force
Electric Field
The space around a charge where the effect is exerted
Electromagnet
A coil of wire wound around an iron nail, which becomes magnetic
when a current is run through it
Electrostatic
Force
A non-contact force that is due to a build up of charge in an object
Field
Space where a non-contact force exerts its effect
Force
Is a push, pull or a twist
Friction
The force which is exerted by a surface as an object moves across
it
Fulcrum (pivot)
Gear ratio
Gear Wheel
Gravity
A non-contact force of attraction due to the mass of an object
Impact
Inclined plane
Induced Charge
Magnetic Field
The space around a magnet where the force is exerted
Magnetic Force
A non-contact force between a magnet and other magnetic
materials
Magnetic
material
Mass
The amount of matter in an object
Net Force
The sum of the forces acting on an object
Non-contact
Force
Those forces which can exert their effect without touching
Physicist
Pulley
Resultant Force
Simple machine
Spring Balance
Surface Tension
Unbalanced
Force
Weight
Wheel and Axil
The force of gravity that is acting on a mass