Physics midterms

Front

discovered that amber,

when rubbed with fur, would attract light objects like feathers

Back

Thales of Miletus

Front

an English physician and

scientist, coined the term "electricus" to describe the

properties of materials that could attract lightweight objects after being rubbed

Back

William Gilbert

Front

states that the force between

two point charges is directly proportional to the product of the

charges and inversely proportional to the square of the distance

between them

Back

Coulomb’s Law

Front

he discovered the relationship between electricity and magnetism in 1820

Back

Hans Christian Ørsted

Front

developed the concept of electric fields and

introduced the idea that electric forces can act over a distance, even

without direct contact between objects

Back

Michael Faraday

Front

Refers to the force exerted by charged objects on each other at

rest

Back

static electrical force

Front

involves the movement or displacement of electric dipoles within insulating material

Back

dielectric current

Front

ratio of the

electrical force between two charges when in a vacuum and the force between the same charges when kept at the same separation in the medium

Back

dielectic constant (K)

Front

A system consisting of two equal and opposite electric charges separated by a

small distance.

Back

electric dipole

Front

A region around a charged particle or object within which a force would be exerted

on other charged particles.

Back

electric field