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- 3. The the term used to describe a “flow” of electric charge
- 4. The idea or model used to help describe how electrical charges act on each other without being in contact (2 words)
- 6. Best natural conductor of electricity
- 8. Where on a magnet the field is the strongest
- 11. The unit of charge equal to the charge of 6,240,000,000,000,000,000 electrons
- 12. The quality of a conductor that acts in opposition to a flow of charge
- 14. The type of force acts between charges (2 words)
- 15. To ruin a magnet, heat it to this temperature (2 words)
- 17. When a conductor is covered by a charge, but has no electric field inside of it: electric ______
- 19. The unit used to measure the rate at which electrical energy is converted in some other form of energy
- 20. The unit used to measure the flow of electric charge through a conductor
- 22. The quality of having the molecules of a insulating substance aligned with a dominant electric field
- 24. Rubbing a balloon with wool gives the balloon and wool a static charge by this method of charging
- 25. Do electric field lines point towards or away from a negative charge?
- 27. A small patch of magnetically aligned atoms
- 28. What must an electron be doing to have both an electric field and a magnetic field?
- 29. The dimension of a wire that, if increased, increased the resistance of the wire
- 30. The unit of measurement for electrical resistance
- 32. The type of current produced by a voltage source which continually changes polarity
- 37. The unit of measurement for electric potential
- 38. A sudden movement of charge that is not sustained and typically reduces any potential difference to zero
- 39. The dimension of a wire that, if it is increased, decreases the resistance of the wire
- 41. Type of electrochemical cell that has a solid electrolyte paste between the cathode and anode
- 44. Any device used to maintain a potential difference between charges (2 words)
- 45. Like poles do this to each other
- 46. The fundamental quality of protons and electrons that determines how they are attracted or repelled from each other
- 48. The charge of a neutron
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- 1. The term used to described a group of electric phenomena resulting from the build-up of isolated charges
- 2. The term for how a magnet moves a stream of electrons
- 5. If the distance between charges decreases, what happens to the force between the charges?
- 7. The unit of electric potential energy
- 9. The rate at which electrical energy is converted into other forms of energy (2 words)
- 10. The method of static charging that happens when objects are not in contact
- 13. The measure of electrical potential energy per charge, equivalent to voltage (2 words)
- 16. The general name for materials that do not allow a current to move through them
- 18. Elementary particle whose name comes from the Greek for amber
- 21. This device has a field just like a bar magnet, but uses a wire coiled around a metal core.
- 23. Elementary particle that has smallest positive hcharge
- 26. Which pole do magnetic field lines point toward?
- 31. A conductive pathway for charges to flow to the Earth
- 33. If you break a magnet in half, how many poles will it have?
- 34. The method of statically charging an object which relies on one a charged object touching another object
- 35. The type of current used by any device that can run on a battery
- 36. Shape of magnetic field around a current-carrying wire
- 40. The shape of the electric field around a single isolated charge
- 42. The general name materials that allow a current to move through them
- 43. This term describes magnets made from iron, nickel, or cobalt
- 47. The south pole of a compass needle is attracted to which pole of a bar magnet?