Glossary for Electric Charge and Electric Field

This text highlights key terms important for the study of static electricity & charge: conservation of charge; conductors & insulators; conductors & electric fields in static equilibrium; Coulomb’s law; electric field: concept of a field revisited; electric field lines: multiple charges; electric forces in biology; and applications of electrostatics. Advanced Placement® and AP® are trademarks registered and/or owned by the College Board, which is not affiliated with, and does not endorse, this textbook.

Topics

  • glossary
  • conductor
  • Coulomb force
  • Coulomb interaction
  • Coulomb's law
  • dipole
  • electric charge
  • electric field
  • electric field lines
  • electromagnetic force
  • electron
  • electrostatic equilibrium
  • electrostatic force
  • electrostatic precipitators
  • electrostatic repulsion
  • electrostatics
  • Faraday cage
  • field
  • free charge
  • free electron
  • grounded
  • induction
  • ink-jet printer
  • insulator
  • ionosphere
  • laser printer
  • law of conservation of charge
  • photoconductor
  • point charge
  • polar molecule
  • polarization
  • polarized
  • proton
  • screening
  • static electricity
  • test charge
  • Van de Graadd generator
  • vector
  • vector addition
  • xenography