electricity unit
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- 1st scientist to describe electricity
- Thales
- The scientist who named and repested the amber and wool experiment responsible for the naming of th electron
- Gilbert
- The two types of charges
- Positive and Negative
- Positive Charge=
- Proton
- Negative Charge=
- Electron
- Like charges
- Repel
- Unlike charges
- Attract
- The 3 parts of an atom
- Proton, Neutron, & Electron
- Electrical Charge
- The concentration of electricity
- Current
- Rate at which electrical charges flow past a point in a circuit over a certain amount of time (A or I)
- Insulator
- Does not allow electricity to flow freely (rubber)
- Conductor
- Allows current to flow freely (copper)
- Circuit
- A complete or closed pathway through which charge flows
- Potential Difference
- The charge in potential energy divided by the total energy
- Resistance
- How much energy is changed to thermal or or light that electrical charges pass through
- Static Electricity
- Build up of positive or negative charge caused by movement of electrons
- Chemical reaction
- Causes energy in a battery
- Three ways to observe static electricity
- Attraction, Repulsion, and Spark