Abeka 9th grade Science Quiz 18

electroscope

A simple device that uses the laws of electrostatics to detect small electric charges

lines of (electric) force

Arrows that indicate how a positive test charge in an electric field would move are called ______.

current

The flow of charge from one place to another

law of electric charges

The law stating that opposite charges attract and like charges repel is the ______.

coulomb

What is the SI unit of electric charge?

conduction

What is the act of transferring electric charge between two objects through direct contact?

static electricity

What is the simplest form of electricity?

negative

What type of charge does an electron have?

ions

electricity travels through fluids by the motion of charged particles called

grounding

the process of diverting unwanted electric charge directly into the earth