Oscillations and Waves
The unit used for a spring force
What is the Newton?
The index of refraction of air
What is 1?
Type of material in which charge cannot move freely
What is an insulator?
A circuit element depicted with a zig-zag line in schematic diagrams
Magnetic field lines point out of this part of a magnet
What is the North Pole?
The name of a high point of a wave
What is a crest?
The two types of spherical mirrors
What are concave and convex?
Direction electrons would flow if a neutral conductor A came into contact with positively charged conductor B
What is the direction from neutral conductor A to positively charged conductor B?
The name given to the equation V=IR
What is Ohm's Law?
Country in which Earth's geomagnetic pole can be found
What is Canada?
Name the phenomena that describes the change in pitch you hear as a police siren passes you.
What is the Doppler effect?
The speed of light in a vacuum
What is 3 x 10^8 m/s?
The charge on a proton
What is q = 1.6 x 10^-19 C?
The material a battery's electrodes are immersed in
What is an electrolyte?
The equation for a magnetic field within a solenoid.
What is B=m0*N*I/L?
The name given to the equation F = -kx
What is Hooke's Law?
The phenomenon that occurs when none of the light reaching a boundary between one medium and another is refracted
Where you can find charges on a conductor with a net electric charge
What is the surface of the conductor?
What is an ammeter?
The name for an iron-core solenoid
What is an electromagnet?
The phenomenon describing why a swing set will eventually slow down and stop moving over time
What is damping?
The highest frequency waves on the electromagnetic spectrum
What are gamma rays?
Name for connecting an object to earth with a conducting wire, as part of charging by induction
What is grounding?
Electric current that periodically reverses direction
What is alternating current?
The cause of Earth's magnetic field
What are electric currents in earth's molten core?