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4: Fields (SL & HL)

Term Definition

Alternating It is current that constantly switches


Current direction

Conductor It is a material that allows the flow of charge

Current It is the rate of flow of charge

Diamagnetic It is temporary alignment of paired electrons


by a magnetic field

Direct It is current that flows in one direction


Current

Electric Field It is the force per unit positive point test


charge

Electronvolt It is the energy gained by an electron moving


1V

Electrostatic It is the force between two electrically


Force charged objects

Ferromagneti It is permanent parallel alignment of


c unpaired electrons

Flux Line It is the field line of a magnetic field

Fux Density It is the distance between field lines of a


magnetic field

Gravitational It is the force per unit test point mass


Field

Gravitational It is the force per unit mass experienced by a


Field small point mass at a point in the field
Strength

Insulator It is a material that does not allow the flow of


charge

Motor E!ect This is the event of inducing an


electromotive force

Neutral It is the presence of equal amounts of


positive and negative charge

Paramagnetic It is temporary alignment of unpaired


electrons by a magnetic field

14: Fields (HL)

Term Definition

AC Generator It is a device that produces an alternating


current

Electric It is the work done moving a test point


Potential charge per unit test point charge
Di!erence

Electric It is the work done in moving a charge from


Potential any point in space to infinity
Energy

Electric It is the average electric field strength over a


Potential specified distance
Gradient

Electromotive The total energy di!erence per unit charge,


Force or rate of change of flux

Equipotential It is the line of zero potential di!erence


where no work is done moving an object

Escape Speed It is the speed required to travel from the


surface of a mass to infinity to overcome the
gravitational field strength

Flux Density It is the flux per area, or magnetic field


strength

Forward-Bias It is the forward flow of current due to


negligible resistance in a diode

Gravitational It is the energy per unit test point mass


Potential

Gravitational It is the work done moving a test point mass


Potential per unit test point mass
Di!erence

Gravitational It is the work done in moving a mass from


Potential infinity to any point in space
Energy

Gravitational It is the average gravitational field strength


Potential over a specified distance
Gradient

Ideal Diode It is a device that allows current to flow in


the forward direction due to negligible
resistance, but not the backward direction
due to infinite resistance

Non-Ideal It is a transformer that has internal power


Transformer losses

Orbital It is the velocity required to overcome the


Velocity gravitational force and travel in an orbit
around the mass

Potential It is the energy per unit test point due to the


field

Potential It is the energy di!erence or work done per


Di!erence unit charge moved between two points

Rectification It is the conversion of AC to DC

Reverse Bias It is the inhibition of reverse flow due to


infinite resistance in a diode

Root Mean It is the sub-maximum current from a AC


Square generator
Current

Root Mean It is the sub-maximum voltage from a AC


Square generator
Voltage

Smoothing It is the conversion of a pulsating DC to a


stable potential di!erence

Step-Down It is a transformer that decreases the output


Transformer voltage

Step-Up It is a transformer that increases the input


Transformer voltage

Total Flux It is the amount of flux passing through all


Linkage turns of a coil

Transformer It is a device that takes an alternating


voltage input and produces an alternating
voltage output via electromagnetic fields

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