Energy
What is the general term for the process by which heat flows through direct contact?
conduction
What is the maximum distance that particles are displaced by a wave?
amplitude
what type of circuit has current divided among its serparate branches?
parallel
what system allows a computer to store programs and information?
memory
1st law of motion
What is the strength of a sound wave?
intensity
What law states that the strength of the attraction or repulsion between 2 charged objects is directly related to the strength of teh charges and inversely related to the distance?
law of electric charges
What is a single piece of semiconductor containing an electric circuit
integrated circuit
What is energy from motion or forces that affect the whole body?
mechanical energy
What is the phenomenon in which an object's colors are produced by interference and depend upon the viewing angle
irridescence
What is the term for a substance with no unpaired electrons
diamagnetic
WHat is a simple vacuum tube that uses a negatively chraged filament and a positively charged plate to allow current to flow in only one direction?
semiconductor diode
What law states that is pressure is constant, Volume and temp are directly proportional?
Charles's law
What is perceived when all colors of light are mixed?
white
What is a device that converts electricity into sound waves
loudspeaker
What is a device that increases or decreases the voltage of AC current using electromagnetic induction?
transformer
According to Einsteins theory of relativity, what quantities are affected by gravity?
time and length
What is the name for the "packets" of energy of light
photons
What type of lamp produces light by passing an electric current through a long tube filled with low-pressure mixture of mercury vapor and argon
What is a device to store electric charge?
capacitor