Electricity Vocab

a property that causes subatomic particles such as protons and electrons to attract or repel one another

• electric charge

• electric force

• electric fields

• static electricity

the attraction or repulsion between electrically charged objects

• electric charge

• electric force

• electric fields

• static electricity

a field in a region of space that exerts electric forces on charged particles; a field produced by electric or by changing magnetic fields

• electric charge

• electric force

• electric fields

• static electricity

the study of the behavior of electric charges, including how charge is transferred between objects

• static electricity

• law of conservation of charge

• Induction

• Electric Current

law stating that the total electric charge in an isolated system is constant; electric charge is never created or destroyed

• static electricity

• law of conservation of charge

• Induction

• Electric Current

the transfer of charge without contact between materials

• static electricity

• law of conservation of charge

• Induction

• Electric Current

a continuous flow of electric charge

• electric current

• direct current

• alternating current

• electrical conductor

a flow of electric charge in only one direction

• electric current

• direct current

• alternating current

• electrical conductor

a flow of electric charge that regularly reverses its direction

• electric current

• direct current

• alternating current

• electrical conductor

a material through which electric charge can flow easily

• electrical insulator

• direct current

• alternating current

• electrical conductor