Mechanics
A change in speed over time.
What is acceleration?
Happens when a restoring force is directly proportional to displacement. Examples include a mass on a spring, or a pendulum with small oscillation.
What is Simple Harmonic Motion?
This quantity is positive for protons, and negative for electrons.
What is charge?
The rate of flow of electric charge through a surface, measured in Amperes.
What is electric current?
Magnets always have two of these.
What are poles?
This equation summarizes Newton's Second Law.
What is F=ma?
The inverse of the period of a wave.
What is frequency?
This law describes the force between two stationary charges.
What is Coulomb's Law?
This device is used to store electrical energy.
What is a capacitor?
Rule used to predict the direction of an induced magnetic field in a coil.
What is the right hand rule?
This type of energy manifests through an object's motion.
What is kinetic energy?
The distance over which a wave's pattern repeats.
What is wavelength?
This quantity can be measured in N/C.
What is the electric field?
This law is often stated as V=IR.
What is Ohm's Law?
Type of magnet created by a conducting wire coiled around a ferromagnetic material.
What is an electromagnet?
Kinetic energy is conserved in this type of collision.
What is a perfectly elastic collision?
The only type of wave that does not need a medium to propagate.
What is an electromagnetic wave (or light)?
This is defined as the amount of work needed to move a unit charge from infinity to another point in a field.
What is electric potential?
In this type of circuit, Req = R1 + R2 + ...
What is a series circuit?
This device converts electrical energy into mechanical energy.
What is a motor?
This quantity is defined by the equation p = mv.
What is momentum?
This phenomenon happens when light changes medium, and moves at a different speed.
What is refraction?
This is the unit of electric potential.
What is the volt?
The rate at which energy is transferred in a circuit.
What is power?
This device converts mechanical energy into electrical energy.
What is a generator?