Formulas
Electricity
Magnetism
Geometric Optics
Scientists
100
V= IR
What is Ohm's Law?
100
The unit used to measure electric current and its symbol
What is an Ampere (A)?
100
The standard unit for magnetic field
What is a Tesla?
100
The changing of a light ray’s direction when it passes through variations in matter
What is refraction?
100
English physicist and mathematician, who was the culminating figure of the scientific revolution of the 17th century. His three laws of motion, the basic principles of modern physics, resulted in the formulation of the law of universal gravitation.
Who is Isaac Newton?
200
The equation for resistance
200
____ ____ generates electric field.
What is electric charge?
200
The pictorial representation of the strength and the direction of a magnetic field
What are magnetic field lines?
200
The ____ of a lens is defined to be the inverse of its focal length
What is power?
200
English physicist and chemist whose many experiments contributed greatly to the understanding of electromagnetism.
Who is Michael Faraday?
300
m=-q/p
What is magnetism?
300
_______ is an electrical quantity that measures how the device or material reduces the electric current flow through it.
What is resistance?
300
The rule to determine the direction of the magnetic field induced by a current-carrying wire
What is the Right Hand Rule?
300
The ratio of image height to object height
What is magnification?
300
American scientist and engineer who aided in the discovery of the electromagnetic phenomenon of self-inductance
Who is Joseph Henry
400
Φ = BA cos θ
What is magnetic flux?
400
The SI unit for charge
What is a Coulomb?
400
The means of calculating the emf in a coil due to changing magnetic flux
What is Faraday's Law of Induction?
400
An image that is on the same side of the lens as the object and cannot be projected on a screen
What is a virtual image?
400
Russian physicist, who, like Faraday and Henry, independently investigated aspects of induction. He is credited for the direction of the emf
Who is Heinrich Lenz?
500
θr = θi
What is the law of reflection?
500
When a charge is created in a nearby object, without direct contact
What is induction?
500
The process in which any change in magnetic flux Φ induces an emf
What is electromagnetic induction?
500
The law stating that the ratio of the sines of the angles of incidence and refraction of a wave are constant when it passes between two given media.
What is Snell's Law?
500
American physicist who pioneered research that led to the development of lasers and the detection of gravitational waves
Who is Joseph Weber?