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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Silver
Conductor
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Aluminum
Conductor
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materials that hinder flow of electrons
Insulator
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glass
Insulator
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rubber
Insulator
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consider neither conductor nor insulator
Semi-conductor
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Silicon
Semi-conductor
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low contact of electricity
metalloids
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electric charges unit
Coulomb C
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charge of single electron & proton
Elementary Charge (e)
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micro coulomb
1 x 10^-6
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nano coulomb
1 x 10^-9
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formula of number of electrons
total charges / 1.6 x 10^-19 C
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quantifies amount of electrostatic force that two charged objects exert on each other, which cause attraction/repulsion between them
Charles-Agustine De Coulomb
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Coulomb Formula
Fe= ke ∣q1q2 ∣ / r^2
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cm to m
divide 100 (2 decimals)
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mm to m
divide 1000 (3 decimals)
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Electrical Force/Coulomb's Law unit
N
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Fieldlines
Vector
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exist in region/space around charged object
source charge/point charge
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when another charged object enters filed, electric force acts on it
test charge
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region of space which electric charge will experience a force when placed in it
Electrical field
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Electrical force per unit charge
Vector quantity
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Unit of Electrical Field
N/C
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nearer to the given charge, greater electric field intensity
Representation of Electric FIeld
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inwards
electron
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outward
proton
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Formula of Electrical Field
E =F/q ; E= k ∣q ∣/r^2
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Energy needed to move an electric charge against electric field
Electric Potential Energy
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U EPE unit
J
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Electric Potential Energy Formula
U = keq1q2/r
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EPE
Scalar
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amount of work needed to move an electric charge from its reference point to specific point on electric field
Electric Potential/Potential Difference
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Formula of Potential Difference
V= keq/r ; V= U/q ; V=Er