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  1. 3. Common term for electric potential difference between two points in a circuit, measured in volts.
  2. 4. For capacitors in ______, the reciprocal of the equivalent capacitance is the sum of reciprocals of individual capacitances.
  3. 8. Real device that maintains a fixed potential difference and can charge or discharge capacitors.
  4. 9. In a uniform electric field, the potential difference is proportional to the component of ______ along the field direction.
  5. 11. Electric potential difference between two points equals the ______ done per unit charge in moving a test charge between them.
  6. 13. Quantity related to work done per unit charge in moving between two points in an electric field (2 words).
  7. 14. The reference potential at “infinity” in point charge problems is often chosen to be ______.
  8. 15. An electric field is called ______ if the work done on a charge is path independent.
  9. 16. Unit of energy equal to the work done on a single elementary charge by a potential difference of one volt.
  10. 17. A positive test charge naturally moves in the direction of ______ potential in an electric field.
  11. 19. Vector quantity related to potential difference in a uniform region by ΔV = −E d (2 words).
  12. 22. Sum of electric potential energy and ______ energy is constant for an isolated system.
  13. 23. A parallel plate capacitor ideally produces a nearly ______ electric field between its plates.
  14. 24. A surface on which the electric potential has the same constant value everywhere.
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  1. 1. Quantity given by one half times capacitance times voltage squared for an ideal capacitor (2 words).
  2. 2. Property of a medium that appears in the expression C = εA/d for a parallel plate capacitor.
  3. 5. SI unit of electric potential difference.
  4. 6. Ratio of charge on a conductor to the potential difference causing that charge.
  5. 7. A conductor in electrostatic equilibrium is an ______ object because its interior potential is constant.
  6. 10. Volts and joules per coulomb are ______ for electric potential.
  7. 12. SI unit of work and energy.
  8. 13. For capacitors connected in ______, the equivalent capacitance is the sum of the individual capacitances.
  9. 18. Electric ______ is electric potential energy per unit charge.
  10. 20. Electric ______ are always perpendicular to equipotential surfaces (2 words).
  11. 21. Material inserted between capacitor plates that increases capacitance without conducting current.