Vocabulary

3. a region of space that surrounds a magnet and exerts a force on other magnets and objects made of magnetic materials
4. the attractive or repulsive force between electric charges and magnets
10. a device that converts electrical energy into mechanical energy
11. a closed path that electric current follows
12. the rearrangement of electrons on a neutral object caused by a nearby charged object
14. the interaction between electric charges and magnets
15. a material in which electrons are not able to move easily
16. the attractive or repulsive force between electric charges and magnets
17. the region of the magnet that exerts the strongest force

1. surrounds every electric charge and exerts the force that causes other electric charges to be attracted or repelled
2. the accumulation of excess electric charge on an object
5. the net movement of electric charges in a single direction
6. the tendency for a material to oppose the flow of electrons
7. a material through with which electrons move easily
8. transferring charge by touching or rubbing
9. temporary magnet created when there is a current in a wire coil
13. groups of atoms with aligned magnetic poles