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Electricity Vocabulary (PS10) Q&ALaw of electric charges ✔️ Like charges repel and opposite charges
attract
electric force ✔️ force between charged objects
electric field ✔️ the region around a charged object in which an electric
force is exerted on another charged object.
static electricity ✔️ the electric charge at rest on an object.
electric current ✔️ the rate at which charges pass through a given point.
amperes, or amps. ✔️ units for electric current are called
direct current ✔️ current that flows in one direction
alternating current ✔️ current that flows in two directions
voltage ✔️ the potential difference between two points. it is a measure
of how much work is needed to move a charge between two points.You can
think it as the amount of energy released as a charge moves between two
points in the path of a current.
resistance ✔️ the opposition to the flow of electric charge.
conductor ✔️ materials that have low resistance and allow electric
charges to flow through them easily
insulator ✔️ A material that have high resistance and do not allow heat
or electricity to move through it easily.
electric power ✔️ rate at which electrical energy is changed into other
forms of energy. P = V x I
Watt (W) ✔️ The unit for power
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