### electricity:

Static electricity
* Some static electricity attracts paper
  - consists of movement
  - depends on friction
* accumulates because an insulator prevents the accumulated electrons from flowing.
* builds up due to the relative movement of non-conductors
  - more in cold and dry places
* can actually burn out an entire semiconductor-based system
  - also be useful in new technology
  - briefly exceed maximum safe forward currents even if barely noticed
  - build up on almost any material
* can cause deterioration of surface finish
  - explosions and fires
  - razor cuts
  - sparks
  - damage a computer's electronic components
  - destroy memory, and the pins are easily bent
  - kill anything with a chip on it without leaving any trace
  - permanently damage computer parts of any type
  - start fires when flammables are transferred from one container to another
* causes damage which produce intermittent errors that are hard to diagnose.
* consists of electric charges that collect on the outside of a surface.
* constant hazard in many production facilities and maintenance areas.
* develops when the dust particles constantly rub the plastic surface.
* fact of nature.
* is also a form of ignition
  - to do with electrons
  - an electric charge built up in one place
* is an electrical charge at rest
  - on the surface of an object
  - excess of electric charge trapped on the surface of an object
  - imbalance of electric charges within or on the surface of a material
  - under-appreciated form of energy
  - another concern with computers
  - created as the air flows through the filter
* is created when an object gives up or gains electrons
  - electrons and protons are separated by a large distance
* is electricity at rest, rather than an active electric current
  - everywhere
  - experienced during seasons when the air is dry
  - formed when many surface contacts are made between two objects
* is generated as their shoe soles contact and separate from the floor surface
  - whenever two materials are in contact with each other
  - harmful to circuits
  - high voltage electricity with a low current
* is more active when the air and materials are dry
  - common in the winter, because the air is often dry
  - of a problem when humidity is low
  - most noticeable with non-conductive materials
  - observed only in insulators
  - one of two types of electricity
  - produced by water drops falling through metal rings
* is produced when some materials are rubbed together
  - two dissimilar materials are rubbed together
  - quite common in modern buildings
  - something everyone has come up against
  - specifically a problem during periods of low humidity
  - stored in rain clouds
* is the accumulation of an electrical charge in an object
  - build up of negatively or positively charged particles
* is the build-up of a charge of either electrons or protons on a material
  - electrons waiting for a path to allow a flow of current
  - cause of lightning
* is the imbalance of positive and negative charges
  - negative electric charges
  - key to any kind of lightning
  - mortal enemy of microchips
  - study of electric charges and the way they separate and combine
* occurs anytime two dissimilar objects come together and then separate.
* phenomenom that takes many forms.
* phenomenon caused by electric charges at rest.
* produces an electrical arc when it discharges.
* refers to the charges that often build up on or around our bodies.
* result of objects being electrically charged through friction.
* surface phenomenon.
* type of electricity produced when objects gain or lose negative charges.
* well-known phenomenon.

Wireless electricity
* is best where someone needs to provide a lot of power at a constant rate.
* uses both steps to transfer energy.