Abeka CH 9-12 Physical Science

the transfer of an electric charge by direct contact between objects

• insulation

• induction

• conduction

• reduction

He built the first electrostatic generator

• Otto von Guericke

• James Wimshurst

• Robert Van de Graaf

• Peter van Musschenbroek

a material that allows current to flow through with no resistance

• resistor

• semiconductor

• insulator

• superconductor

audible clicks produced by a device that uses electromagnets

• solenoid

• telegraph

• loudspeakers

• electric motor

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

converts pulses of electricity into sound waves

• loudspeakers

• electric motor

• solenoid

• telegraph

consists of one or more electrochemical cells connected as a single source of current

• battery

• solenoid

• generator

• transformer

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NGSS.HS-PS2-5

NGSS.HS-PS3-3

SI unit of resistance

• volt

• ampere

• coulomb

• ohm

general term for a device that transforms the energy of an electric current into another useful from of energy

• switch

• load

• circuit

• fuse

early device that stores electric charge

• Van de Graaf generator

• Von Guericke sphere

• Wimshurst machine

• Leyden jar

converts absorbed sunlight directly into electricity

• photovoltaic cell

• steam turbine

• solar turbine

• photoelectric cell

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NGSS.MS-PS3-5