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What is the study of the nature, behavior and uses static electricity? |
Electrostatics |
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What is the imaginary lines used to "map" the electric field around an object? |
Lines of force |
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What is the unit of electric charge? |
Coulomb |
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What is the process of directing unwanted electric charge directly into the earth? |
Grounding |
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An object with an equal number of positive and negative charges is described as an electrically ____. |
Neutral |
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And excess of electrons is a _____charge. |
Negative |
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Charge transferred by conduction is _____. |
Permanent |
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The law stating that the total charge is the same before and after an interaction is the law of ____. |
Conservation of charge |
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The strength of the attraction or repulsion between two charged objects _____ as the objects are moved farther apart. |
Decreases |
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A positively charged object and a negative negatively charged object ____ each other. |
attract |
