Physical Science - Electricity Vocabulary

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When an object gets an area that has more positive or negative ions due to being near another charged object.

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Charging by Induction

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When an object gains an uneven number of either positively or negatively charged particles, or at the very least has an area that has more positive or negative ions.

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Static Electricity

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A flow of electricity that moves through several resistors all along the same path.

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Series Circuit

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A flow of electricity that moves through several resistors all on separate branching paths.

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Parallel Circuit

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When a charged object touches a neutral object, the flow of charges into the neutral object is described this way.

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Charging by Contact

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This is the unit for Electrical Power as measured in the United States.

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Kilowatt-hours

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This rule describes the relationship between a circuit's resistance, voltage difference and current.

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Ohm's Law

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This rule describes the fact that an electrical charge cannot be created or destroyed.

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Law of Conservation of charge

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This is the amount of electricity that is flowing through a wire at a given time (unit is Amps)

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Current

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This is the when a material slows down the flow of electricity and converts some of the electrical energy into heat (units is Ohms).

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Resistance