Electric Charge and Current Vocab

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Charge imbalance causing excess electric charge buildup.

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static electricity

Front

Area around charged objects where force acts on other charges.

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Electric field

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Simplest form of matter: protons, neutrons, electrons.

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atom

Front

Device that detects electric charge

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electroscope

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Material that allows heat & electricity to pass.

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conductor

Front

Material that resists heat/electron flow.

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insulator

Front

Sudden flow of electric charge between charged objects due to static electricity.

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static discharge

Front

Removing excess charge by transferring e- to neutralize imbalance.

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grounding

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Flow of electric charge

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current

Front

(V) The push (force) causing charge movement.

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voltage difference