Section 1: Electric Charge and Static Electricity
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| What is the law of electric charges? | The law that states that like charges repel, or push away, and opposites attract.
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| What is electric force? | The force of attraction or repulsion on a charged particle that is due to an electric field.
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| What is an electric field? | The space around a charged object in which another charged object experiences an electric force.
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| What is a an electrical conductor? | A material in which charges can move freely.
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| What is an electrical insulator? | A material in which cannot move freely.
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| What is static electricity? | Electric charge at rest; generally produced by friction or induction.
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| What is electric discharge? | The release of electricity stored in a source.
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| The size of the electric force between two objects depends on _____________ and __________________. | The size of the charges exerting the force and the distance between the objects.
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| Objects may become charged by ___________, ___________, or ______________. | friction, conduction, or induction.
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| What are the two types of charged particles in atoms? | protons (+) and electrons (-)
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| What can you do with an electroscope? | To detect whether an object is charged.
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