Physics- Electricity Vocab

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  1. 2. The sudden, rapid flow of electrons between two objects with different electrical potentials, neutralizing a built-up, stationary charge.
  2. 4. It is the positively charged particle that, together with the electrically neutral particles called neutrons, makes up the nucleus of an atom.
  3. 6. The magnitude of the charge of an electron; approximately 1.602x10^-19 C.
  4. 8. The SI unit of electric charge, represents the quantity of electricity transported by a current of one ampere flowing for one second
  5. 12. A property of objects that determines the strength of the electric force with which they act on other charged objects, and the strength of electric forces by which other such objects act on them.
  6. 13. Neutral subatomic particle that, in conjunction with protons, makes up the nucleus of every atom except ordinary hydrogen.
  7. 14. The process of dispersing excess charge by touching an object to Earth or another large conductive body.
  8. 17. Says that the net charge of an isolated system will always remain constant.[1] This means that any system that is not exchanging mass or energy with its surroundings will never have a different total charge at any two times.
  9. 18. Atoms that have more or fewer electrons and, as a whole, are electrically charged.
  10. 19. A cation has more protons than electrons, consequently giving it a net positive charge.
  11. 20. A material, such as glass, through which a charge will not move easily.
  12. 21. Charging by friction can be done by generating an imbalance of electrons and protons between two bodies
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  1. 1. The process of charging a neutral object by touching it with a charged object.
  2. 3. The study of electric charges that can be collected and held in one place.
  3. 5. a subatomic particle whose electric charge is negative one elementary charge.
  4. 7. A material, such as copper, through which a charge will move easily.
  5. 9. A material with zero resistance that can conduct electricity without thermal energy transformations.
  6. 10. Form of electricity resulting from the imbalance between positive and negative charges within a material that occurs when electrons move from one material to another.
  7. 11. Material that behaves as a conductor under certain conditions and as an insulator in others; can be used to make solid-state electronic components.
  8. 15. The process of charging an object without touching it, which can be accomplished by bringing a charged object close to a neutral object, causing a separation of charges, then separating the object to be charged, trapping opposite but equal charges.
  9. 16. A negatively charged ion; an ion that is attracted to the anode during electrolysis.