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Basic Vocabulary for Electricity Chapter #17

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What is the law that states that like charges repel and opposite charges attract?   Law of electric charges  
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What force varies depending on the size of the charges exerting the force and the distance between them?   Electric force  
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Objects become charged when the gain or lose which atomic particle?   Electrons  
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Objects may become charged by which 3 methods?   Friction, conduction, or induction  
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What instrument is used to detect electric charges?   Electroscope  
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In what type of materials do electric charges move easily?   Conductors  
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In what type of materials do electric charges not move easily?   Insulators  
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What is the buildup of electric of electric charges on an object?   Static electricity  
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What is lightning an example of?   Electric discharge  
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What is a device that works by directing the elctric charge carried by lightning safely to the ground?   Electric rod  
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