Static Electricity

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

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

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

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

Front

The positively charged particle in an atom, never leaves the nucleus, determines the element.

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proton

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

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

In a neutral atom, the number of electrons is equal to the number of _______.

Back

Protons