Chapter 6: Electricity

Question 0

Electric field

Answer 0

The region around a charged object where the object’s electric force is exerted on other charged objects

Question 1

Electric force

Answer 1

The force between charged objects.

Question 2

Static electricity

Answer 2

A buildup of charges on an object.

Question 3

Conservation of charge

Answer 3

The law that states that charges are neither created nor destroyed.

Question 4

Induction

Answer 4

A method of redistributing the charge on an object by means of the electric field of another object; the objects have no direct contact.

Question 5

Friction

Answer 5

1. The force that two surfaces exert on each other when they rub against each other. 2. The transfer of electrons from one uncharged object to another uncharged object by rubbing.

Question 6

Conduction

Answer 6

1. The transfer of thermal energy from one particle of matter to another. 2. A method of charging an object by allowing electrons to flow from one object to another object through direct contact.

Question 7

Induction

Answer 7

A method of redistributing the charge on an object by means of the electric field of another object; the objects have no direct contact.

Question 8

Polarization

Answer 8

The process through which electrons are attracted to or repelled by an external electric field, causing the electrons to move within their own atoms.

Question 9

Static discharge

Answer 9

The loss of static electricity as electric charges transfer from one object to another.