Chapter 15 vocab flash cards
Is a particle with equal amounts of positive charge and negative charge.
electrically neutral
Is the condition of having an unbalanced amount of positive charge or negative charge.
electrically charged
The process of an unbalanced electric charge becoming balanced.
electrically discharged
A material in which electric charges cannot easily move.
electrically insulator
A material in which electric charges easily move.
electrically conductor
The invisible region around a charged around a charged object where an electric force is applied.
electric field
The force that two electrically charged objects apply to each other.
electric force
The movement of electrically charged particles.
electric current
A closed, or complete, path in which an electric current flows.
electric circuit
A machine that transforms mechanical energy to electric energy.
generator
A measure of how difficult it is for an electric current to flow in a material.
electric resistance
An object that attracts iron.
magnet
The amount of energy used to move one coulomb of electrons through an electric circuit.
voltage
Any material that a magney attracts.
magnetic material
The force that a magnet applies to another magnet.
magnetic force
A region in a magnetic material in which the magnetic fields of the atoms all point in the same direction.
magnetic domain
A magnet created by wrapping a current-carrying wire around a ferromagnetic core.
electromagnet
