Static Electricity Vocab

Negatively charged particle found in atoms...

• atom

• proton

• neutron

• electron

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

• repel

• positive charges

• negative charges

• attract

Moving away from an object... To push something away... Charges that are the same do this....

• repel

• attract

• negative charges

• positive charges

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

• negative charges

• positive charges

• static electricity

• electron

The charge on electrons. The charge on an object that has extra electrons...

• positive charges

• static electricity

• electrons

• negative charges

The charge on an object that has lost electrons...

• positive charges

• atoms

• negative charges

• static electricity shock

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The flow/movement of electric charges 

• Voltage
• Resistance 
• Current 
• Circuit 

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A closed path that electric current follows 

• Voltage
• Current
• Resistance 
• Circuit

If two charges repel each other, the two charges must be

• Positive and neutra
• Positive and negative
• positive and neutral
• negative and negative

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NGSS.MS-PS2-3

An object becomes charged when the atoms in the object gain or lose

• electrons
• protons
• neutrons
• all of the above

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