Static Electricity/Currents
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- voltage
- potential difference
- static electricity
- the buildup of charges on an object
- electric circuit
- a complete, unbroken path through which electric charges can flow
- electric current
- the continuous flow of electric charges through a material
- conductor
- a material through which charge can flow easily
- static discharge
- the loss of static electricity as electric charges transfer from one object to another
- conduction
- the transfer of electrons from a charged object to another object by direct contact
- friction
- the transfer of electrons from one uncharged object to another by rubbing
- resistance
- the measure of how difficult it is for charges to flow through a material
- insulator
- a material through which charge cannot flow easily
- voltage source
- a device that creates a potential difference in an electrical circuit
- induction
- the movement of electrons to one part of an object that is caused by the electric field of a second object
- electric force
- the attraction or repulsion between electric charges