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electricity
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Electric Force | The attraction or repulsion between electric charges. |
Static electricity | A buildup of charges on an object. |
Friction | A method of charging an object by rubbing it against another object; the force that one object exers on another when the two rub against each other. |
Static discharge | The loss of static electricity as electric charges transfer from one object to another. |
Electric Field | The region around a charged object where the object's electric force interacts with other charged objects. |
Conservation of Charge | The law that states that charges are neither created nor destroyed but only transferred from one material to another. |
Conduction | A method of charging an object by allowing electrons to flow by direct contrast from one object to another. |
Induction | A method of charging an object by means of the electric field of another object; the objects have no direct contact |
Electric current | The continuous flow of electric charges through a material. |
Electric Circuit | A complete unbroken path through which electric charges can flow. |
Conductor | A material through which charges can easily flow. |
Insulator | A material through which charges cannot easily flow. |
Voltage | The difference in electrical potential energy between two places in a circuit. |
Voltage Source | A device that creates an electrical potential energy difference in electric circuit; batteries and generators are voltage sources. |
Resistance | The measurement of how difficult for charges to flow through material. |