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Ch. 7 vocab TP
section 1,2,3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| static electricity | the accumulation of excess electric charge on an object |
| law of conservation of charge | charge can be transferred from object to object |
| conductor | A material in which electrons are able to move easily |
| insulator | A material in which electrons are not able to move easily |
| charging by contact | The process of transferring charge by touching or rubbing |
| charging by induction | the rearrangement of electrons on a neural object caused by a nearby charged object |
| electric current | the net movement of electric charges in a single direction |
| voltage difference | related to the force that causes electric charges to flow |
| circuit | A Closed path that electric current follows |
| resistance | the tendency for a material to oppose the flow of electrons |
| ohm's law | The current in a circuit equals the voltage difference divided by the resistance |
| series circuit | the current has only one loop to flow through |
| parallel circuit | two or more branches for current to move thorugh |
| electrical power | the rate at which electrical energy is converted to another from of energy |