Static Electricity

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

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The balloons will repel each other.

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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

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

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positive (+)

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

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negative (-)

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

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A negative charge.

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What happens when you touch a metal doorknob after rubbing your shoes on the carpet?

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Millions of electrons go from your finger into the doorknob

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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

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What is static electricity caused by?

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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

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Lightning is _____.

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a large discharge of static electricity