Physical Science Electricity Vocabulary

When an object gets an area that has more positive or negative ions due to being near another charged object.

• Static Electricity

• Charging by Contact

• Charging by Induction

• Ohm's Law

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NGSS.MS-PS2-3

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

When an object gains an uneven number of either positively or negatively charged particles, or at the very least has an area that has more positive or negative ions.

• Static Electricity

• Charging by Contact

• Charging by Induction

• Ohm's Law

A flow of electricity that moves through several resistors all along the same path.

• Parallel Circuit

• Ohm's Law

• Series Circuit

• Static Electricity

A flow of electricity that moves through several resistors all on separate branching paths.

• Static Electricity

• Parallel Circuit

• Series Circuit

• Ohm's Law

When a charged object touches a neutral object, the flow of charges into the neutral object is described this way.

• Charging by Induction

• Charging by Contact

• Ohm's Law

• Static Electricity

This is the unit for Electrical Power as measured in the United States.

• Voltage Difference

• Calories

• Kilowatt-hours

• Joules

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NGSS.HS-PS3-5

This rule describes the relationship between a circuit's resistance, voltage difference and current.

• Law of Conservation of charge

• Ampere's Law

• Volt's Law

• Watt's Law

• Ohm's Law

This rule describes the fact that an electrical charge cannot be created or destroyed.

• Law of Conservation of charge

• Ampere's Law

• Volt's Law

• Watt's Law

• Ohm's Law

This is the amount of electricity that is flowing through a wire at a given time (unit is Amps)

• Current

• Voltage

• Resistance

• Electrical Power

This is the when a material slows down the flow of electricity and converts some of the electrical energy into heat (units is Ohms).

• Current

• Voltage

• Resistance

• Electrical Power