Static Electricity

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What will happen when two balloons rubbed with wool are brought near each other? Options: The balloons will repel each other., The balloons will attract each other., The balloons will become positively (+) charged., The balloons will pop.

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The balloons will repel each other.

Front

What types of charges attract?

Back

Positive and Negative

Front

What charge does a proton have? Options: negative (-), positive (+), neutral or no charge (0)

Back

positive (+)

Front

What charge does an electron have? Options: negative (-), positive (+), neutral or no charge (0)

Back

negative (-)

Front

If a substance has a higher number of electrons than protons on its surface, what type of charge does it have?

Back

A negative charge.

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

Back

a lightning strike during a storm

Front

What is static electricity caused by?

Back

An imbalance of positive and negative charges

Front

An object becomes positively charged when which of the following occurs? Options: loses electrons, gains electrons, loses protons, gains neutrons

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loses electrons

Front

Which of the following is an insulator? Options: copper, wood, silver, salt water

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wood

Front

Lightning is _____.

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a large discharge of static electricity