Electricity Vocab

The transfer of electrons from one uncharged object to another by rubbing the objects together.

• Static electricity
• conservation of charge
• friction
• conduction

Area around a charged object where the object's electric force is exerted on other charged objects.

• Electric field
• electric force
• static electricity
• electric circuit

A material that allows electric charges to flow

• resistance
• voltage
• insulator
• conductor

Charges cannot be created or destroyed.

• Electric field
• Conservation of charge
• Static electricity
• Static discharge

The force between charged objects.

• Electric force
• Electric field
• Static electricity
• Conservation of charge

The measure of how difficult it is for charges to flow through an object.

• conductor
• insulator
• voltage
• resistance

Moving the charge on an object through the electric field of another object...no direct contact. (The electrons move OUTSIDE the atom)

• conduction
• induction
• polarization
• static discharge

The continuous FLOW of electric charges through a material.

• electric current
• electric circuit
• conductor
• insulator

The loss of static electricity as electric charges transfer from one object to another.

• conductor
• electric circuit
• electric current
• static discharge

The buildup of charges on an object.

• electric force
• electric field
• static electricity
• conservation of charge