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| electric charge | an electrical property of matter that creates a force between objects |
| conductor | a material that transfers charge easily |
| insulator | a material that does not transfercharge easily |
| electric force | the force of attraction or repulsion between objects due to charge |
| electric field | the region around a charged object in which other charged objects experience an electric force |
| electrical potential energy | the potential energy of a charged object due to its position in an electric field |
| potential difference | the charge in the electrical potential energy per unit charge |
| cell | a device that is a source of electric current because of a potential difference, or voltage, between the terminals |
| current | the rate that electric charges move through a conductor |
| resistance | the ratio of the voltage across a conductor to the current it carries |
