| A | B |
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| electric field | The region around a charged object where the object’s electric force interacts with other charged objects. |
| electric force | is the attraction or repulsion between electric charges. |
| static electricity | a build up of charges that do not flow continuously. |
| conservation of charge | The law that states that charges are neither created nor destroyed but only transferred from one material to another. |
| friction | A method of charging an object by rubbing it against another object; the force that one object exerts on another when the two rub against each other. |
| conduction | A method of charging an object by allowing electrons to flow by direct contact from one object to another object. |
| induction | A method of charging an object by means of the electric field of another object; the objects have no direct contact. |
| static discharge | The loss of static electricity as electric charges transfer from one object to another. |
| proton charge | positive |
| electron charge | negative |
| repel | like charges |
| attract | unlike charges |
| St. Elmo's Fire | bluish glow sometimes seen during storms on the tops of tall pointed objects |
| neutral object | balanced charges |
| versorium | divice used by Sir William Gilbert in 1600 to show static charges |
| Ben Franklin | experimented with lightning |
| pith ball | small styrofoam ball coated with metalic paint |
