Electricity Vocab Words Crossword

The force between charged objects.
Is a region around a charged object where the object's electric force is exerted on other charged object's.
The buildup of charges on an object.
Charges are neither created nor destroyed.
Is the transfer of electrons from one uncharged object to another by rubbing objects together.
Is the transfer of electrons from one object to another by direct contact.
When a metal object is close to a negatively charged object, electrons are repelled by the field and move away from it. The close end of the metal object becomes positively charged, and the far end becomes negatively charged.
In other objects, electrons move only within their own atoms. The electrons react to electric fields resulting in individual atoms having charged ends that are attracted to charged objects.
The loss of static electricity as electric charges transfer from one object to another is...
Is the continuous flow of electric charges through a material.
A complete, unbroken path that charges can flow through.
Is a material through witch charge can flow easily.
Are materials such as rubber that do not allow charges to flow
Is the difference in electric potential energy per charge between two points in a circuit.
Is the measure of how difficult it is for charges to flow through an objects.
Says that resistance in a circuit is equal to voltage divided by current.
All parts of an electric circuit are connected one after an other along one path.
In this circuit, different parts of the circuit are separate branches.
The rate at witch energy is transformed from one form to another.
Is a connection that allows current to take the path of least resistance.
Connects the metal part of appliances to the building's ground wire.
Any circuit connected to the in this way is...
Are devices that melt if they get to hot, this breaks the circuit.
Are switches that will bend away from the circuits as they heat up.