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Grade 11-12 Physics: Gravitational, Electric, and Magnetic Fields

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Understanding Basic Concepts

Terms related to gravitational, electric, and magnetic fields include:

  • forces
  • potential energies
  • potential
  • exchange particles
  • Newton's law of universal gravitation and circular motion
  • electric force
  • field strength
  • uniform and non-uniform electric fields
  • gravitational fields
  • uniform magnetic field
  • near-Earth and distant fields
  • parallel plate
  • point charges
  • Coulomb's law
  • Millikan's experiment
  • Rutherford's scattering experiment
  • the theory of general relativity
  • straight-line conductors
  • solenoids
  • standard model of particle physics