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Electricity And Magnetism Vocab Flashcards

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Conduction

A

Electrons move to another object by direct contact

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Discharge

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Release of electricity stored

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Magnetic force

A

Attraction or repulsion by spinning electrical charges

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3
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Electromagnet

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Coil of wire with iron core

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4
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Electric force

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Force of attraction or repulsion

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Voltage

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Potential difference between two points in a circuit

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Motor

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Converts electrical to mechanical

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Photocell

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Device that converts light to electrical

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Power

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Rate at which electrical energy is converted into other forms of energy

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Electric field

A

Space around a charged particle

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10
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Induction

A

Charges are rearranged without direct contact

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11
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Ohms

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Unit for resistance

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12
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Electromagnetism

A

Interaction between electricity and magnetism

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13
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Poles

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North and south

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14
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What is KE->Electric PE?

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Friction

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15
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Charging an object with direct contact happens with what? (2 answers)

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Friction and conduction

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16
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Magnet

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Anything that attracts iron

17
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Friction

A

Electrons are “wiped” away

18
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Solenoid

A

Coil of a wire

19
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What uses moving electrons to charge an object?

A

Conduction, induction, and friction

20
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What used interaction of electric fields to charge and object

A

Conduction and induction

21
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Resistance definition

A

A materiel’s opposition to the flow of electric current

22
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Resistance unit

A

Ohms

23
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Resistance unit symbol

A

Ω

24
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Voltage definition

A

the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit

25
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Voltage unit?

A

Volts

26
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Voltage unit symbol?

A

V

27
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Current definition

A

Rate at which charge passes at a given point

28
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Current unit?

A

Ampere

29
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Current unit symbol?

A

A

30
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What is moving in an electric motor?

A

Electrons

31
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What does the movement directly cause a shift in in an electric field?

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Electric field

32
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What does this shift induce a change in an electric motor?

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Magnetic field

33
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What does all of this cause the motion in, in an electric motion?

A

The magnets

34
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What is moving in an electric generator?

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Magnets

35
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What does this movement directly cause a shift in in an electric generator?

A

Magnetic field

36
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What does this shift induce a change in in an electric generator?

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Electric field

37
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All of this causes the motion of what in an electric generator?

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Electrons

38
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Conductor

A

Charges move easily

Ex. Copper

39
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Insulator

A

charges don’t move easily

Ex. Rubber, glass

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