A space around a charged particle where the particle exerts electric force on other charged particles is called an ____.

____ is the rate at which a device changes electric current to another form of energy and is measured in watts.

Atoms are neutral in electric charge because they have the same number of negative electrons as positive protons; however, if atoms loose or gain electrons, they become charged particles called ____.

The Law of Conservation of Charge states that ____.

____ occurs when there is direct contact between materials that differ in their ability to give up or accept electrons.

____ is the transfer of electrons when two materials that differ in their ability to give up or accept electrons are rubbed together.

____ is a buildup of electric charges on objects.

Matter can be kept electrically neutral by ____ it to the earth.

____ is a continuous flow of electric charges through a medium and is measured in amps.

____ is a difference in electric potential energy from one place to another and is measured in volts.

Which of the following is not true of alternating current?

____ is opposition to the flow of electric charges in an electric current as it travels through matter.

____ states that current increases as voltage increases or resistance decreases.

Solar cells contain a material that absorbs light energy and gives off ____.

____ are regions where the magnet is strongest.

A Magnetic ____ is the area around a magnet where it exerts this magnetic force.

Magnetic ____ are regions where the north and south poles of individual atoms are all lined up in the same direction.

____ is magnetism produced by an electric current.

A ____ is a coil of wire with electric current flowing through it, which produces a magnetic field that has north and south poles.

A ____ is a solenoid wrapped around a bar of iron or other ferromagnetic material.

Electric ____ use electromagnetic induction to change kinetic energy to electrical energy.

An electric ____ is a device that uses an electromagnet to change electrical energy to kinetic energy.

What does it mean to build a circuit in parallel?

What does it mean to build a circuit in series?

A ____ wave is a wave that must travel through matter.

In a ____ wave, the particles of the medium move up and down, perpendicular to the direction of the wave.

In a ____ wave, the particles of the medium move side to side, parallel to the direction of the wave.

The number of waves that pass a fixed point in a given amount of time is called ____, which is measured in Hertz (Hz).

____ is the maximum distance the particles of a medium move from their resting positions when a wave passes through.

____ is the distance between two corresponding points on adjacent waves, and it is usually measured in meters.

____ occurs when waves bounce back from a surface they cannot pass through.

____ occurs when waves bend as they enter a new medium at an angle.

The ____ is a change in the frequency of sound waves that occurs when the source of the sound waves is moving relative to a stationary listener.

____ of light occurs when light passes through matter.

____ happens when light transfers its energy to matter rather than being reflected or transmitted.

When light is absorbed, the added energy increases the ____ of matter.

The ____ of visible light determines the color that the light appears.

The wavelengths of light that are ____ determine the color that an object appears to the human eye.

The ____ states that the angle at which light rays reflect off a surface is equal to the angle at which the incident rays strike the surface.

____ are waves that consist of vibrating electric and magnetic fields and can travel through empty space.

All electromagnetic waves travel across empty space at the speed of light, which is ____.

The full range of electromagnetic radiation is called the ____.

____ waves have the least energy of all electromagnetic waves and are used to transmit information over large distances.

____ are high frequency EM waves that have enough energy to pass through soft tissues such as skin, but not enough to pass through bones and teeth.

The process in which the unstable nucleus of a radioisotope becomes stable by emitting charged particles and energy and changing to another element is called ____.

____ radiation can travel only a few centimeters through air and can burn the skin but not penetrate it.

In ____ decay, a neutron breaks down into a proton and an electron, and the electron is emitted from the nucleus

Length of time it takes for half of a given amount of a radioisotope to decay into a more stable element is called the element’s ____.

____ is the splitting of the nucleus of a radioactive atom into two smaller nuclei.