chapter 15 vocab

Question 1

a particle with equal amounts of positive charge and negative charge

Answer 1

electrically neutral

Question 2

an object that has an unbalanced amount of positive charge or negative charge

Answer 2

electrically charged

Question 3

the loss of an unbalanced electric charge

Answer 3

electric discharge

Question 4

a material in which electric charges cannot easily move

Answer 4

electric insulator

Question 5

a material in which electric charges easily move

Answer 5

electric conductor

Question 6

the force that two electrically charged objects apply to each other

Answer 6

electric force

Question 7

an invisible region around any charged objects where an electric force is applied

Answer 7

electric field

Question 8

the movement of electrically charged particles such as electrons

Answer 8

electric current

Question 9

a closed or complete path in which an electric current flows

Answer 9

electric circuit

Question 10

a measure of how difficult it is for an electric current to flow

Answer 10

electric resistance

Question 11

machines that transform mechanical energy to electric energy

Answer 11

generator

Question 12

the amount of energy used to move one coulomb of electrons through the circuit

Answer 12

voltage

Question 13

an object that attracts iron and other materials that have magnetic qualities similar to iron

Answer 13

magnet

Question 14

any material that a magnet attracts

Answer 14

magnetic material

Question 15

a push or pull of magnetic field applies to either a magnetic material or electric current

Answer 15

magnetic force

Question 16

a region in a magnetic material in which the magnetic fields of the atoms all point in the same direction

Answer 16

magnetic domain

Question 17

a temporary magnet made with a current-carrying wire coil wrapped around a magnetic core

Answer 17

electromagnet