Electricity and Magnetism Vocabulary ESL

Property that causes subatomic particles (protons and electrons) to attract or repel each other.

• Electric charge

• Electrons

• Static electricity

• Friction (in electricity)

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Subatomic particles with negative charge (-)

• Electric charge

• Electrons

• Static electricity

• Friction (in electricity)

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The attraction or repulsion between electrically charged objects

• Electric force

• Electrons

• Static electricity

• Friction (in electricity)

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The electric charge which builds up on an object (thus it is not moving and is considered ‘static’).

• Electric force

• Electrons

• Static electricity

• Friction (in electricity)

Rub two neutral objects together; one is now positive and the other is now negative.

• Electric force

• Electrons

• Static electricity

• Friction (in electricity)

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Whenever two objects touch and one of the objects has an electric charge and this charge is transferred or conducted.

• Conduction

• Induction

• Conductors

• Insulator

Charge moves without contact from a charged object to another object through the influence of the first objects electrical field. No charge is actually transferred, the charges within the second object simply rearrange.

• Conduction

• Induction

• Conductors

• Insulator

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Materials which allow charges or heat to move through them.

• Conduction

• Induction

• Conductors

• Insulator

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Material that does not allow heat or electrons to move through it easily.

• Conduction

• Induction

• Conductors

• Insulator

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A flow of electric charge. Measured in Amperes (A).

• Electric current

• Voltage

• Resistance

• Electrical Circuit