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Term | Definition |
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Charging by contact | transfer of electric charge between objects in contact. |
charging by induction | The rearangment of electric charge due to to the presense of an electric field. |
insolaters | matereals in which electric charges do not move easly. |
conductors | matereals in which electric carges can move easily. |
static charge | the imbalance of electric charge on an object. |
electric discharge | movment of static charge from one place to another. |
electren current | the flow of eletric charges. |
electric circut | closed path in which electric charges can flow. |
electric resistance | how difficalt it is for electrons to flow in an object. |
voltage | measure of the amount of electrical energy transferred by an electric charge as it moves from one pouint to another in a circuit. |
series circuit | devices are connected so there is only one closed path for current to follow. |
parallel circuit | devises are connected so there is more than one closed path for current to follow. |
magnetic domain | atoms that have there magnetic poles pouinting in the same directions. |
electromagnet | current carring wire wrapped around an iron core. |
electromagnetic induction | product of an eletric current by moving a magnet and a loop relative to each other. |