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| "The beauty of electrictity... is not that the power is mysterious... but that it is under law, and that the taught intellect can even govern it largely." |
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| The build up of electrons (negative charge) on objects |
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| an object that has more electrons than protons |
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| an object that has more protons than electrons. |
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| static electrical discharge |
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| when "extra" electrons in a negatively -charged object "jump" through the air into another object |
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| a piece of metal that can attract or pull other metals |
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| the force that amgnets use to pull other metals |
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| materials that are attracted to magnets |
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| materials that are not attracted to magnets |
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| the type of magnetism that magnetic materials have when they are in contact with a magnet |
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| The region in which a magnets pull can be felt by magnetic materials |
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| the region in which the "push" or "pull" of an electron or proton can be felt by other particles |
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| the flow of millions of electrons through an electrical wire |
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| Electrical Potential difference |
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| a difference in charge between two materials in other words, one material is positively charged, or is connected to something that is positively charged. |
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| an object that has more protons than electrons |
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| an object that has more electrons than protons |
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| Law of Conservation of Energy |
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| The fact that "We can't get something for nothing" is called ___ |
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Coulomb
(named for Charles-Augustin de Coulomb) |
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| is equal to the charge of six billion, billion electrons |
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Ampere
named for Andre-Marie Ampere |
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| is a unit that tells us how many electrons are going past a certain point every second |
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Volt
(named for Alessandro Volta) |
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| Measures the strength of the "push" that a generator of battery gives to an electric current |
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| measures how much electrical power a certain appliance uses |
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