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18 Cards in this Set
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Electric Charge |
A property that causes subatomic particles such as protons and electrons to attract or repel one another. |
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Electric Force |
The attraction or repulsion between electrically charged objects. |
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Electric Field |
A field in a region of space that exerts electric forces on charged particles; a field produced by electric charges or by changing magnatic fields. |
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Static Electricity |
The study of the behavior of electric charges, including how charge is transferred between objects. |
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Law of Consevation of Charge |
Law stating that the total electric charge in an isolated syten is constant; electric charge is never created or destroyed. |
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Induction |
The transfer of charge without contact between materials. |
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Electric Current |
A continuous flow of electric charge. |
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Direct Current |
A flow of electric charge in only one direction. |
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Alternating Current |
A flow of electric charge that regularly reverses its direction. |
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Electrical Conductor |
A material through which electric charge can flow easily. |
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Electromagnetic wave |
A transverse wave consisting of changing electric and changing magnetic fields. |
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Eletromagnetic Radiation |
The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves. |
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Wavelength |
The distance between a point on a wave and the same point on the next cycle of the wave. |
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Frequency |
The number of complete cycles per unit time for a periodic motion. |
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Photons |
A packet of electromagnetic energy. |
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Intensity |
The rate at ehich a wave's energy flows through a given unit of area. |
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Infrared Light |
The part of the invisible spectum that is contigous red end of the visible spectrum and that comprises electromagnetic radiation of wavelengths from 800 nm to 1mm. |
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Visible Light |
The part of |
