Charging Objects definitions Flashcards

The movement of electrons or electric charges, primarily within conductors.

Materials that allow electrons and electric charges to move freely, like metals.

Materials that restrict electron movement, such as plastics and rubber.

Subatomic particles that move within conductors, enabling electricity.

Subatomic particles with a positive charge that do not move in conductors.

Separation of charges in an object, resulting in no net charge.

Transfer of charges through direct contact, occurring only in conductors.

The overall charge of an object after conduction, can be positive or negative.

Charge type that attracts electrons and repels other positive charges.

Charge type that attracts protons and repels other negative charges.

Movement of electric charge from one object to another, often by rubbing.

Property of matter that causes it to experience a force in an electric field.

A conductor with equal numbers of positive and negative charges.

An object used in experiments to demonstrate charge transfer and polarization.

Principle stating that unlike charges attract each other.