Electric Force Quiz

Define: Electron

• Streams of electrons made by special equipment can be used for radiation treatment.

• A tiny, negatively-charged particle that moves around the outside of the nucleus of an atom.

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• Bound to an atom is one of the three primary types of particles within the atom -- the other two are protons and neutrons

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Define: Electric Force

• The force between charged objects.

• Charges can be either positive or negative

• The repulsive or attractive interaction between any two charged bodies

• A video game!

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Define: electric field

• Dancing Lights?

• The region around a charged object where the object’s electric force is exerted on other charged objects.

• Refers to the physical field for a system of charged particles.

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Define: electric current

• The benefits that humans derive from ecosystems.

• Electrons that are tightly held, and other times they are loosely held.

• The rate of flow of electrons in a conductor.

• The continuous flow of electrical charges through a material.

Define: conductor

• A material that conducts heat well. Or a material that allows electric charges to flow.

• Typically, metals, metal alloys, electrolytes and even some nonmetals, like graphite and liquids, including water, are good electrical conductors.

• A musical genius

• Orchestra

Define: static electricity

• Frizzy Hair

• A buildup of charges on an object.

• An imbalance of electric charges within or on the surface of a material or between materials

• Protons and neutrons don't move around much, but electrons love to jump all over the place

Define: Charge

• USB or Type C ?

• A basic property of matter that creates a force and accounts for electric interactions.

• A price asked for goods or services

• An accusation, typically one formally made against a prisoner brought to trial.

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Define: Neutral

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• Not having a positive or a negative charge.

• I am not in this!

• Nuetrons

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How can a neutral object become negatively charged? Please explain your answer.

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Describe why current flows through a circuit, and explain why some materials allow charges to flow more easily than others

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