AP Physics: Chapter 17 and 18

Conductor

Material that transfers charge easily.

Insulator

Material that does not transfer charge easily.

Induction

The process of charging a conductor by bringing it near another charged object and grounding the conductor.

Electrical potential energy

Potential energy associated with an object due to its position relative to a source of electric force.

Potential difference

The change in electrical potential energy associated with a charged particle divided by the charge of the particle.

Electric potential

The electrical potential energy associated with a charged particle divided by the charge of the particle.

Like charges __________________.

repel

Unlike charges __________________.

attract

There are two different kinds of charge:

positive and negative

Electric charge is _____________.

conserved

Conductors can be charged by ___________________.

induction

A surface charge can be induced on insulators by _______________________.

polarization

The closer two charges are,

the greater the force between them.

Felectric

electric force

q

charge

kC

Coulomb constant

Electrical potential energy is a form of ____________.

mechanical energy

PEelectric

electrical potential energy

V

electric potential

?V

potential difference