Chapter 15 vocab flash cards

Question 1

Is a particle with equal amounts of positive charge and negative charge.

Answer 1

electrically neutral

Question 2

Is the condition of having an unbalanced amount of positive charge or negative charge.

Answer 2

electrically charged

Question 3

The process of an unbalanced electric charge becoming balanced.

Answer 3

electrically discharged

Question 4

A material in which electric charges cannot easily move.

Answer 4

electrically insulator

Question 5

A material in which electric charges easily move.

Answer 5

electrically conductor

Question 6

The invisible region around a charged around a charged object where an electric force is applied.

Answer 6

electric field

Question 7

The force that two electrically charged objects apply to each other.

Answer 7

electric force

Question 8

The movement of electrically charged particles.

Answer 8

electric current

Question 9

A closed, or complete, path in which an electric current flows.

Answer 9

electric circuit

Question 10

A machine that transforms mechanical energy to electric energy.

Answer 10

generator

Question 11

A measure of how difficult it is for an electric current to flow in a material.

Answer 11

electric resistance

Question 12

An object that attracts iron.

Answer 12

magnet

Question 13

The amount of energy used to move one coulomb of electrons through an electric circuit.

Answer 13

voltage

Question 14

Any material that a magney attracts.

Answer 14

magnetic material

Question 15

The force that a magnet applies to another magnet.

Answer 15

magnetic force

Question 16

A region in a magnetic material in which the magnetic fields of the atoms all point in the same direction.

Answer 16

magnetic domain

Question 17

A magnet created by wrapping a current-carrying wire around a ferromagnetic core.

Answer 17

electromagnet