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Science Vocab 147928
vocabulary of atomic electrical charges
Word | Definition |
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Ion | A positively charged or negatively charged atom |
Static charge | An imbalance of electric charge on an object |
Electric force | the force that all charged objects exert on each other. Electric force can be attractive or repulsive. Like charges attract and unlike attract |
Electric field | electric charges exert a force on each other through a distance called the electric field |
Insulator | a material in which electrons cannot move easily from place to place |
Conductor | materials that contain electrons that move around more easily |
Electric discharge | the rapid movement of excess charge from one place to another |