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electrcity
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Physics
8th Grade
03/27/2011

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the law of electrical charges
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like charges repel and opposites charges attract
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electrical force
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the force between charged objects is
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electrical forces determined by
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the size of the charges and the distance between charges
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the electrical field
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a region around a charged particle
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although an atom contains charged particals
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the atom it self doesn't have a charge
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atams contain
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equal number of protrons and electrons
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the positive and negative charges
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cancel each other out and the atom has no overall charge
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the 3 comman ways for an object to become charged
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frictian, conduction, and induction
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atoms don't stay charged they can
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change their charge when they form an objects
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no charges can be
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created or destroyed
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friction-2 objects rubbing together can cause
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the electrons from 1 object to be on another.
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conduction (electricity)
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when electrons are transferred from one objects to another by direct contact.
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induction
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occurs when charges in an uncharged object are rearranged without direct contact
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conservation of charges
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when you charge objects by any method, no charges are created or destroyed
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electrons move from
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one atom to another
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because electrons can move from atom to another the objects
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objects have different charges
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if you were to count all electrons and protons after before and after charging
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the number would be the same
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you need what to ditect the charges of atoms?
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elecroscope
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conductors are
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materials that charges can flow through objects easly
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examples of electrons
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metal, copper, silver, aluminum, and mercury
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conductors are good for making
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wires an other objects that transmit charges
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insolaturs are
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materials in which charges cannot easily move
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examples of insulators
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plastic, rubber, glass, wood, and air.
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wires are coverd with
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insolaters
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