Science: Matter and Energy - Flashcard 18

Front

Aria rubbed a balloon on her hair and noticed it sticking to the wall. What is the simplest form of electricity she observed?

Back

Static electricity

Front

What is the SI unit of electric charge?

Back

Coulomb

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-4

NGSS.HS-PS3-5

Front

What is the act of transferring electric charge between two objects through direct contact?

Back

Conduction

Front

Evelyn is observing how a positive test charge moves in an electric field. The arrows that indicate the path it would take are called ____.

Back

Lines of Electric Force

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS3-5

NGSS.HS-PS2-5

Front

The flow of charge from one part of a circuit to another is called ____.

Back

Current

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS3-5

Front

Device used to detect small electric charges in an experiment based on electrostatics.

Back

Electroscope

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-4

Front

The law stating that opposite charges attract and like charges repel is the ____.

Back

Law of electric charges

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-4

Front

What type of charge does the particle, an electron, have if it is repelled by the negative pole of a magnet?

Back

Negative

Front

What is the process of diverting unwanted electric charge directly into the earth?

Back

Grounding

Front

What are liquids and solutions that contain ions called?

Back

Electrolytes