Physics Chapter 16

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Across
  1. 3. contacting a charged object with a larger conductor to neutralize it
  2. 5. an atom that is positively or negatively charged
  3. 7. rubbing two objects together to charge them
  4. 9. a material in which charges cannot move freely
  5. 12. touching a charged object to a neutral object
  6. 14. coulomb's law involves charges on particle-like objects, the distance between them, and the ____ force
  7. 15. a material in which charges can move freely
  8. 16. region in space where a charged particle feels a force
  9. 18. particles with the same charge _____
  10. 19. temporary separation of charge
Down
  1. 1. Millikan determined that charge is _____.
  2. 2. the direction of an electric field is the direction of the force a ___ charge would experience
  3. 4. for objects in electrostatic equilibrium, the direction of the electric field is ______ to the surface of the conductor
  4. 6. a device used to detect the presence of charge
  5. 8. for objects in electrostatic equilibrium, there is no electric field ____ the conductor
  6. 10. oppositely charged particles _____
  7. 11. arrows closer together signify a ___ electric field
  8. 13. electric charge is ____, so no charge is created or destroyed
  9. 17. SI unit for charge
  10. 20. there is greater surface charge density at locations of higher _____