Ch. 20 Vocabulary
Across
- 2. the continuous flow of electric charge is called electric __________
- 3. an electric ___________ is a complete path through which charge can flow
- 5. the force of attraction or repulsion between electrically charged objects
- 8. a device that converts chemical energy to electrical energy
- 11. a material through which charge cannot easily flow
- 12. flow of charge that regularly reverses its direction
- 13. circuit with only one path through which charge can flow
- 16. the voltage in a circuit equals the product of the current and the resistance
- 17. electric __________ a property that causes subatomic particles such as protons and electrons to attract or repel each other
- 18. the study of the behavior of electric charges
- 19. electric __________ is the rate at which electrical energy is converted to another form of energy
Down
- 1. circuit with two or more paths through which charges can flow
- 4. the opposition to the flow of charge in a material
- 6. when charge is transferred by contact
- 7. charge that flows in only one direction
- 9. the effect an electric charge has other charges in the space around it
- 10. the difference in electrical potential energy between two places in an electric field
- 14. a material through which charge can flow easily
- 15. when charge is transferred without contact between materials