Static Electricity Vocab

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Negatively charged particle in atoms...

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electron

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To pull something closer: Moving toward an object. Opposite charges do this...

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attract

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NGSS.MS-PS2-5

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Moving away from an object, pushing something away, same charges do this...

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repel

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Buildup of electrical charge on an object's surface...

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static electricity

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Charge on an object with extra electrons...

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negative charges

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Charge on an object that lost electrons...

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positive charges

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Flow of electric charges

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Current

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A closed path for electric current.

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Circuit

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Two charges that repel each other must be:

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Negative and negative.

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NGSS.MS-PS2-3

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An object becomes charged when its atoms gain or lose:

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electrons

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