Static electricity

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What will happen when two balloons rubbed with wool are brought near each other?

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The balloons will repel each other.

Front

The difference between attraction and repulsion is that to attract is to pull something closer and repel is to push something away.

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True

Front

Electrical charge built up on the surface of an object is called _________________ (Options: static electricity, current electricity, lightning, electrons)

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static electricity

Front

Electrical charge built up on the surface of an object is called _________________

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static electricity

Front

During a lab a balloon was rubbed with a wooly fabric. This is an example of which type of charging?

Back

friction

Front

What types of charges attract? Options: Positive and Positive, Positive and Neutral, Negative and Neutral, Positive and Negative

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Positive and Negative

Front

Materials that tightly hold on to their electrons are considered

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Good insulators

Front

Which of the following is caused by static electricity? Options: a stove getting hot when it is turned on, a magnet being attracted to a refrigerator, a lightning strike during a storm, a light bulb coming on when a switch is turned on

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a lightning strike during a storm

Front

The girl's hair and the comb are attracting one another. The hair and the comb have

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opposite charges

Front

Static charges build up when

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electrons move within an object