Electrostatics Vocabulary for Physics Fundamentals
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| 684932658 | Electrostatics | The study of electric charges at rest |  |
| 684932659 | Electrical Forces | A force that one charge exerts on another. When the charges are the same sign, they repel; when the charges are opposite, they attract. |  |
| 684932660 | Insulator | a material through which charges cannot easily flow |  |
| 684932661 | Conductor | a material that easily allows the flow of charge |  |
| 684932662 | Charge | the fundamental electrical property to which the mutual attractions or repulsions between electrons or protons is attributed |  |
| 684932663 | Grounding | Allowing charges to move freely along a connection between a conductor and the ground. |  |
| 684932664 | Induction | the charging of an object without direct contact |  |
| 684932665 | Coulomb | The SI unit of electrical charge. One coulomb (symbol C) is equal to the total charge of 6.25 × 10¹⁸ electrons. | |
| 684932666 | Electrically Polarized | Term applied to an atom or molecule in which the charges are aligned so that one side is slightly more positive or negative than the opposite side. |  |
| 684932667 | Coulomb's Law | The relationship among electrical force, charges, and distance: The electrical force between two charges varies directly as the product of the charges and inversely as the square of the distance between them. |  |
