Science Stuff Flashcards
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The region around a charged object where the object’s electric force is exerted on other charged objects.
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Electric field
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The force between charged objects.
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Electric force
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A buildup of charges on an object.
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Static electricity
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The law that states that charges are neither created nor destroyed.
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Conservation of charge
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- The force that two surfaces exert on each other when they rub against each other. 2. The transfer of electrons from one uncharged object to another uncharged object by rubbing.
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Friction
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- The transfer of thermal energy from one particle of matter to another. 2. A method of charging an object by allowing electrons to flow from one object to another object through direct contact.
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Cunduction
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A method of redistributing the charge on an object by means of the electric field of another object; the objects have no direct contact.
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Induction
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The process through which electrons are attracted to or repelled by an external electric field, causing the electrons to move within their own atoms.
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Polarization
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The loss of static electricity as electric charges transfer from one object to another.
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Static discharge
