Electricity Vocab

The measure of how difficult it is for electrons to flow through a material

• resistance
• voltage
• Ion
• electric feild 

A force between two charges that can be attractive or repulsive

• electric field
• electric current 
•  electric force
• electric discharge

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The imbalance of an electric charge on an object

• Static charge
• voltage 
• ion 
• electric field 

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The rapid movement of excess charge from one place to another

• Ohm's Law
• ion 
• Electric field 
• Electric discharge 

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The rate at which electrical energy is converted into other forms of energy

• Electric current
• voltage 
• Electric power

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A simple relationship among voltage, current, and resistance in a circuit

• ion
• Electric field 
• Ohm's Law
• Voltage 

 A flow of electric charge

• electric current
• Electric discharge 

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Electric charges that exert a force on each other at a distance

• Electric field 
• Voltage 
• Ion 

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A measure of how much electrical potential energy each electron can gain

• Ion 
• Voltage 
• Static charge 

A positively or negatively charged atom

• electric current
• Static charge
• Ion
• Electric discharge 

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