Physical Science: Electricity Vocab

The attraction or repulsion between electrically charged objects.

• electric charge

• electric force

• electric field

• electric circuit

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A field produced by electric charges or by changing magnetic fields.

• electric charge

• electric force

• electric field

• electric circuit

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

• electric charge

• electric force

• electric field

• electric circuit

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A complete path through which electric charge can flow.

• electric charge

• electric force

• electric field

• electric circuit

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

• resistance

The transfer of charge without contact between materials.

• static electricity

• law of conservation of charge

• induction

• resistance

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The opposition to the flow of electric charges in a material.

• static electricity

• law of conservation of charge

• induction

• resistance

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

• static electricity

• law of conservation of charge

• induction

• resistance

A flow of electric charge that regularly reverses its direction.

• electric current

• direct current

• alternating current

• Ohm's law

A flow of electric charge in only one direction.

• electric current

• direct current

• alternating current

• Ohm's law