Electric Potential Energy and Voltage

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Voltmeter

________- device that measures the amount of potential difference between two locations of charge separation.

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Wet cell

________- electrolytes that take form in fluid.

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Thermocouples

________- consists of a loop of two wires of different metals joined at both ends, if one end is heated or cooled, charge is separated, and potential difference /voltage is created.

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Electrode

________- two terminals of a battery.

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Terminal

________- end points of a battery where connection is made.

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Friction

________- rubbing two materials together, work done by rubbing is converted into electrical energy stored into the separate charge.

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Chemical energy

________ separates the positive and negative charges in a battery.

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Piezoelectric crystals

________- when collided against, positive and negative charges are separated on either side of crystal.

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Acceleration

________- increased rate or speed of something.

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Potential Energy

________- energy stored within an object (measured in joules)

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Potential Difference

________- amount of electric potential energy per one coulomb of charge.

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Electrochemical Cell

________- cell that converts chemical energy into electrical energy stored in charges (typically called cells or batteries)

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Electric Potential Energy

________- electrical energy stored within a battery.

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Energy that charge possesses

________ is dependent on amount of charge and potential difference /voltage.

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