Unit 3 and 4
within a lightning bolt,current flows_______.
from negative to positve
An _____ can be used to determine the polarity of a. electrostatic charge
electroscope
lodestone is a name for naturally occurring magnetic material that is also called_____.
magnetite
In a clothes dryer, the greatest static charges generally are built up on _______fabrics.
man made
The precitator uses a high voltage DC power supply to provide a set of wires with positive charges and a set of plates with_______ charge.
negative
Bringing a charge test object near the ball of a charged electroscope causes the leaves to move closer together.This indicates that the test object charge is the ______ polarity as the electroscope charge.
opposite
To locate the north pole of an electromagnet, use the ________-hand rule.
right
When an object protects by lightning _______ is struck by a lightning bolt, it will bleed the lightning discharge to ground before the protected object cab be harmed.
rod
_______is the results of static charges built up in clouds that contain a large amount of moisture
Lightning
A lightning protection device that is ground at one end , with the other end close to but not touching the object to be protected is called a lightning ________.
arrestor
a basic law of magnetism states that unlike poles ______and like poles____.
attract,repel
What type of magnent depends o. flow current to produce a magnetic field.
electromagnet
Magnetism can be explained in terms of _____spin pattern
electron
If a thunder cloud has a positive charge the current in the lightning bolt will flow from the ______.
ground to the cloud
if a permanent magnent is cut into pieces, each piece _______ a separate magnent
is not
Man-made permanent magnent retain their magnetism_______than natural magnents.
longer
I. the English system , the total force producing a magnetic field is the_________.
magnentomotive force
The measure of a materials ability to be megnatized is called_______.
permeability
When a magnetic materials are all lined up, and increase in current flow no longer courses increase in magnetic field strength, the material has reached_______.
saturation
selenium is an______.
semiconductor
Earth contains magnetic_____.
poles
The measure of a materials resistance to magnetism is known as _______.
reluctance
The static charge sometimes used during spray painting is an example is a____static charge.
useful