Electricity and Magnetism Vocabulary

electricity produced by friction

• Static electricity

• Electric field

• Electroscope

a field of force surrounding a charged particle

• a field of force surrounding a charged particle

• electricity produced by friction

• measuring instrument that detects electric charge; two gold leaves diverge owing to repulsion of charges with like sign

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Electroscope

• measuring instrument that detects electric charge; two gold leaves diverge owing to repulsion of charges with like sign

• a field of force surrounding a charged particle

• electricity produced by friction

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a device designed to transmit electricity, heat, etc.

• Conductor

• Insulator

• Insulator

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a material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivity

• Insulator

• Grounding

• Current

fastening electrical equipment to earth

• Grounding

• Current

• Insulator

a flow of electricity through a conductor

• Current

• Voltage

• Grounding

the rate at which energy is drawn from a source that produces a flow of electricity in a circuit; expressed in volts

• Voltage

• Current

• Grounding

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any mechanical force that tends to oppose motion

• Ohm’s Law

• Resistance

• Voltage

electric current is directly proportional to voltage and inversely proportional to resistance; I = E/R

• Voltage

• Resistance

• Ohm’s Law