Electricity Vocabulary

Charge

• the property of certain subatomic particles that determines their electromagnetic interaction

• the rate at which a charge flows through a circuit

• controls the flow of current through the circuit

circuit

• controls the flow of current through the circuit

• the rate at which a charge flows through a circuit

• a closed loop through which charges can continuously  move

conduction

• the property of certain subatomic particles that determines their electromagnetic interaction

• opposition to the flow of electric charges in an electric current as it travels through matter

• involves the physical contact of a charged object to a neutral object

Coulomb's Law

• Predicts the force of attraction

   betwen charged particles

• a formula used to calculate the relationship between voltage, current and resistance in an electrical circuit

• the property of certain subatomic particles that determines their electromagnetic interaction

current

• negative charged particles that orbit around the nucleus of an atom

• the rate at which a charge flows through a circuit

• controls the flow of current through the circuit

electric field

• a force field that surrounds any charged object.

• controls the flow of current through the circuit

• the property of certain subatomic particles that determines their electromagnetic interaction

electron

• positively -charged particle, found in the nucleus of an atom

• negatively charged particles that orbit around the nucleus of an atom

• negatively-charged particle, found in the nucleus of an atom

friction

• involves the physical contact of a charged object to a neutral object

• involves the physical contact of a charged object to a neutral object

• a transfer of ELECTRONS

   between two objects that are rubbed together

induction

• involves the physical contact of a charged object to a neutral object

• movement of electrons

   from one object to another through a    connection

• the rate at which a charge flows through a circuit

insulator

• material that allows charges to move through it easily​

• controls the flow of current (charge) through a circui

• material that resists charges moving through it