Physics Unit 6

Measures the amount of electrons moving in a circuit or through a space

• Electric current

• Resistor

• Equilibrium

• Positive Ion

Something that slows down the electrical current

• Resistor

• voltage

• current

Atom that becomes charged because it has lost electrons

• Positive Ion

• Negative Ion

• Electric current

• Equilibrium

Atom that becomes charged because it has gained electrons

• Negative Ion

• Positive Ion

• Electric current

• Equilibrium

Subatomic particles in atoms that can be lost or exchanged with other atoms

• Electrons

• Negative Ion

• Positive Ion

• Electric current

Substance like many metals and water that allows electrons to flow freely through it.

• Conductor

• Insulator

• Resistor

Substances like rubber, plastic, wool and other things that prevent electrons from flowing freely through them.

• Insulator

• Conductor

• Resistor

Electrons continously flowing from a negatively charged objects to a positively charged objects in a loop.

• Electrical Circuits

• Equilibrium

• Conductor

• Insulator

Occurs when the number of positive and negative charges or ions between two objects are equal.

• Equilibrium

• Resistor

• Electrical Circuits

• Positive Ion