Current and Charge

The continuous flow of electric charges through a material

• electric current

• electric circuit

• voltage

• parallel circuit

If an object has the same number of positive and negative charges, its electrical charge is...

• positive

• negative

• neutral or no charge

• opposite

Charging by ____________ is then rearrangement of electrons on a neutral object caused by a nearby charged object.

• insulator

• voltage

• resistance

• induction

________ is the accumulation of electrical charges on an object.

• resistance

• static electricity

• negative

• low

Charges flow from _________ voltage to _______ voltage.

• high; low

• positive; negative

• attract; repel

• induction; conduction

What is static electricity caused by?

• A balance of power

• A balance of positive and negative charges

• An imbalance of positive and negative charges

• An imbalance of protons and neutrons

Current is...

• moving protons

• moving electrons

• measured in volts

• measured in ohms

Electrons have ____________ charge.

• positive

• negative

• neutral

• equal

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Objects becomes electrically charged when:

• neutrons move

• protons move

• electrons move

• all of the above

When objects lose their electrons, they become:

• positively charged

• negatively charged

• electrically charged

• neutrally charged

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