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Electricity and Circuits

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What is electricity?

It is the flow of electrons between atoms!

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What is the smallest possible unit of a chemical element called?

An atom!

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What are the parts of an atom called that surround the nucleus?

Electrons

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What kind of charge do electrons have?

Negative

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What makes up the nucleus of an atom?

Protons and Neutrons

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What charge does an atom have if it has equal electrons and protons?

It has a neutral charge

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When does an atom have a positive charge?

When it has more PROTONS than electrons

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What charge does an atom has if it has more electrons than protons?

A negative charge

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What charge do neutrons have?

Trick! They have no charge

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Objects that have opposite charge do what to each other?

They attract each other

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Objects that have similar charge do what to each other?

They repel each other

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What are two forms of electricity?

Static electricity and Electrical current

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What is one example of static electricity?

Lightning, electrical storms, small shocks, balloon and hair, etc.

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What kind of electricity is caused by the exchange of electrons between elements?

Electrical current

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What do we call the elements that allow for electrical current?

Conductors

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What are examples of conductors?

Metals and water

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