Identification

Question 1

The law that describes the magnetic field produced at a point due to a small segment of a current-carrying conductor.

Answer 1

Biot-Savart Law

Question 2

The force experienced by a moving charge in a magnetic field.

Answer 2

Magnetic Force / Lorentz Force

Question 3

The process by which a changing magnetic field generates an electric current or EMF in a conductor.

Answer 3

Magnetic Induction

Question 4

A region around a moving charge or a magnet where a magnetic force is exerted.
A vector quantity represented by B.
Measured in Tesla (T)

Answer 4

Magnetic Field

Question 5

The splitting of white light into different colors.

Answer 5

Dispersion of Light

Question 6

Occurs when light is completely reflected at a boundary.

Answer 6

Total Internal Reflection

Question 7

The bending of light when it passes from one medium to another.

Answer 7

Refraction

Question 8

The process of restricting the vibrations of light waves to a single plane.

Answer 8

Polarization of Light

Question 9

States that moving clocks run slower relative to a stationary observer.

Answer 9

Time Dilation

Question 10

States that objects in motion appear shorter along the direction of motion.

Answer 10

Length Contraction

Question 11

Electric current that periodically reverses direction.

Answer 11

Alternating Current (AC)

Question 12

Electric current that flows in one direction with a constant voltage.

Answer 12

Direct Current (DC)

Question 13

A circuit consisting of an inductor (L) and a capacitor (C) connected together.

Answer 13

LC Circuit

Question 14

The ability of an inductor to store energy in a magnetic field.

Answer 14

Inductance

Question 15

The opposition an inductor offers to changes in current in an AC circuit.

Answer 15

Inductive Reactance

Question 16

The bending of light as it passes from one medium to another with a different refractive index.

Answer 16

Snell’s Law

Question 17

The point where two or more waves overlap, affecting the resulting wave amplitude.

Answer 17

Interference

Question 18

When two waves are in phase, their amplitudes add up, creating a stronger wave.

Answer 18

Constructive Interference

Question 19

When two waves are out of phase, they cancel each other out.

Answer 19

Destructive Interference

Question 20

A passive electrical component that stores energy in a magnetic field when electrical current flows through it.

Answer 20

Inductor

Question 21

The force between two charges is directly proportional to the product of their charges and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them

Answer 21

Coulomb’s law

Question 22

Defines the relationship between voltage current and resistance (V=IR)

Answer 22

Ohm’s law

Question 23

The combined force on a charged particle due to electric and magnetic fields

Answer 23

Lorentz Force

Question 24

The ability of a material to support the formation of a magnetic field is called ______

Answer 24

Permeability

Question 25

The speed of an electromagnetic wave in a medium depends on its ______ and _______

Answer 25

permittivity and permeability

Question 26

States that the direction of an induced current always opposes the change in magnetic flux that caused it.

Answer 26

Lenz's law

Question 27

Measures the total magnetic field passing through a given surface.

Answer 27

Magnetic Flux

Question 28

Maximized when the magnetic field is parallel to the surface and minimized when perpendicular

Answer 28

Magnetic Flux

Question 29

Occurs when a magnetic field changes over time or when a conductor moves through a magnetic field.

Answer 29

Induced EMF (ε)

Question 30

The property of a coil to oppose changes in current by inducing an emf in itself

Answer 30

Self-inductance

Question 31

Occurs when a changing current in one coil induces an emf in another nearby coil

Answer 31

Mutual Inductance

Question 32

SI unit of magnetic flux

Answer 32

Weber (Wb)

Question 33

An electric current that periodically reverses direction. Voltage oscillates in a sinusoidal pattern.

Answer 33

Alternating Current (AC)

Question 34

Cannot be easily transformed to different voltage levels. Flows in one direction with a constant voltage.

Answer 34

Direct Current (DC)

Question 35

A resonant circuit or tank circuit. Consists of an inductor (L) and a capacitor (C) connected together.

Answer 35

LC Circuits

Question 36

Energy oscillates between the electric field in the capacitor and the magnetic field in the inductor.

Answer 36

LC Circuits

Question 37

Used to increase or decrease AC voltage in power transmission.

Answer 37

Transformer

Question 38

Initially unpolarized light passes through a polarizer, its intensity is reduced by half.

Answer 38

MALUS’S LAW AND POLARIZATION

Question 39

Speed of light in a vacuum

Answer 39

c ≈ 3.00 × 10^8 m/s