Static Electricity Vocab

Which term means "fixed, stuck, not moving"

• current

• static

• dynamic

• electricity

the flow of electrons from one place to another

• electricity

• magnetism

• gravity

• forward motion

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a material that allows electricity (or electrons) to flow through it easily

• elements

• compounds

• insulator

• conductor

a material where electricity (or electrons) do not flow through it easily

• elements

• compounds

• insulator

• conductor

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a push and pull force that comes from the protons and electrons and how the attract or repel objects

• electric charge

• electrostatic discharge

• magnetism

• gravity

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NGSS.MS-PS2-3

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

the build up of charges on the surface of an insulator

• static electricity

• current electricity

• magnetism

• gravity

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sudden and momentary flow of electrons as a charged object returns to a neutral state

• current electricity

• electrostatic discharge

• explosion

• kinetic energy

Positive to Positive

• attract

• repel

• no force

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Negative to Negative

• attract

• repel

• no force

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Positive to Negative

• attract

• repel

• no force

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NGSS.MS-PS2-5