Spring Vocabulary List
Here are all the vocabulary words for the semester, divided by unit.
Static Electricity
| charging by conduction - you will need to infer from the chapter |
| charging by induction |
| conductor |
| electric charge |
| electric field |
| electric potential |
| voltage |
Current Electricity
| alternating current |
| ammeter |
| conventional current - you will need to look this one up on the internet |
| direct current |
| electric current |
| parallel connection - I want how it would be connected, not a description of the circuit |
| resistance |
| series connection - I want how it would be connected, not a description of the circuit |
| voltmeter |
Magnetism
| electromagnet |
| electromagnetic induction |
| ferromagnetic |
| magnetic pole |
Waves
| amplitude |
| antinode |
| Doppler effect |
| interference |
| longitudinal |
| node |
| standing wave |
| transverse |
| wave |
Sound
| resonance |
| sound |
| subsonic |
| supersonic |
| ultrasonic |
Light
| concave |
| convex |
| electromagnetic wave |
| lens |
| mirror |
| polarization |
| real image |
| reflection |
| refraction |
| spectrum |
| total internal reflection |
| virtual image |
| wave particle duality |
Nuclear
| alpha decay |
| beta decay |
| gamma decay |