Chapter 20 (Electricity) Vocabulary

A positively or negatively charged atom.

• ion
• static charge
• electric force
• electric field
• insulator

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An imbalance of electric charge on an object.

• ion
• static charge
• electric force
• electric field
• insulator

All charged objects exert this on each other. Between two objects this can be attractive or repulsive.

• ion
• static charge
• electric force
• electric field
• insulator

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A material in which electrons cannot move easily from place to place.

• ion
• static charge
• electric force
• electric field
• insulator

Electric charges exert a force on each other at a distance through this.

• ion
• static charge
• electric force
• electric field
• insulator

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Materials that contain electrons that can move more easily in the material.

• conductor
• electric discharge
• electric current
• circuit
• voltage

The rapid movement of excess charge from one place to another.

• conductor
• electric discharge
• electric current
• circuit
• voltage

The flow of electric charge.

• conductor
• electric discharge
• electric current
• circuit
• voltage

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Electric charges will flow continuously only through a closed conducting loop.

• conductor
• electric discharge
• electric current
• circuit
• voltage

A measure of how much electrical potential energy each electron can gain.

• conductor
• electric discharge
• electric current
• circuit
• voltage