18.1 Vocab Quiz

Question 1

A region of space exerts electric forces on charged particles

Answer 1

Electric field

Question 2

A region of space produces magnetic forces

Answer 2

Magnetic field

Question 3

The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves traveling through matter or across space

Answer 3

Electromagnetic radiation

Question 4

Emission of electrons from a metal caught by light striking the metal

Answer 4

Photoelectric effect (drift)

Question 5

Packets of electromagnetic energy that’s consisted in light

Answer 5

Photons

Question 6

Rate at which a waves energy flows through a given unit of area

Answer 6

Intensity

Question 7

Transverse waves consisting of changing electric and magnetic fields

Answer 7

Electromagnetic waves