PHYSICS Flashcards

1
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Electricity comes from Greek word electron means

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Amber

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2
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English physicist found that many substances behaved like amber

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Sir William Gilbert

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3
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invented electric battery

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Alessandro Volta

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4
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when object obtains a net amount positive and negative electric charge

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Static Electricity

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5
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deals with study of interactions that occur when electric charges at rest

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Electrostatics

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6
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basic unit of matter

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Atom

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7
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smallest unit of particle

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Quarks

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8
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+ - are inhabited

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Nucleus

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9
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resides in atom’s outside shells as valence electrons

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Free Electrons

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10
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gain or loss of electrons

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Ionization

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11
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electrons are removed from an atom

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Positive Ionization

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12
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atom has gained electrons

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Negative Ionization

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13
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Said 2 types of electric charges namely positive and negative

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Benjamin Franklin

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14
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Law of Electrostatic Force

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Attractive, Repel

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15
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Formula of Charge

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+ - 1.6 x 10^19 C

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16
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Electrons never created nor destroyed but transferred from material to another

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Law of Conservation of Charges

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17
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driving robbing another objects

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Charging by Friction

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18
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physical contact among objects

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Charging by Contact/Conduction

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19
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negative becomes negative

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Conduction

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20
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electrically charged object brought near a neutral objects creates a charge in object

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Charging by Induction

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21
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negative becomes positive

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Isulator

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22
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charged rod brought near the metal sphere without touching it

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Charging by Grounding

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23
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best conductor metal

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Silver

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24
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materials allow electrons to pass through metal

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Conductor

25
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Silver

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Conductor

26
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Aluminum

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Conductor

27
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materials that hinder flow of electrons

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Insulator

28
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glass

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Insulator

29
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rubber

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Insulator

30
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consider neither conductor nor insulator

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Semi-conductor

31
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Silicon

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Semi-conductor

32
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low contact of electricity

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metalloids

33
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electric charges unit

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Coulomb C

34
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charge of single electron & proton

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Elementary Charge (e)

35
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micro coulomb

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1 x 10^-6

36
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nano coulomb

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1 x 10^-9

37
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formula of number of electrons

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total charges / 1.6 x 10^-19 C

38
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quantifies amount of electrostatic force that two charged objects exert on each other, which cause attraction/repulsion between them

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Charles-Agustine De Coulomb

39
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Coulomb Formula

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Fe= ke ∣q1q2 ∣ / r^2

40
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cm to m

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divide 100 (2 decimals)

41
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mm to m

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divide 1000 (3 decimals)

42
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Electrical Force/Coulomb’s Law unit

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N

43
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Fieldlines

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Vector

44
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exist in region/space around charged object

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source charge/point charge

45
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when another charged object enters filed, electric force acts on it

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test charge

46
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region of space which electric charge will experience a force when placed in it

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Electrical field

47
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Electrical force per unit charge

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Vector quantity

48
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Unit of Electrical Field

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N/C

49
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nearer to the given charge, greater electric field intensity

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Representation of Electric FIeld

50
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inwards

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electron

51
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outward

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proton

52
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Formula of Electrical Field

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E =F/q ; E= k ∣q ∣/r^2

53
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Energy needed to move an electric charge against electric field

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Electric Potential Energy

54
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U EPE unit

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J

55
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Electric Potential Energy Formula

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U = keq1q2/r

56
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EPE

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Scalar

57
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amount of work needed to move an electric charge from its reference point to specific point on electric field

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Electric Potential/Potential Difference

58
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Formula of Potential Difference

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V= keq/r ; V= U/q ; V=Er