Pre - Static Electricity

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What types of charges attract?

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Positive and Negative

Front

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

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positive (+)

Front

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

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negative (-)

Front

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.

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

Bending water with a charged balloon is an example of what type of charging (charging an object without touching)?

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induction

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

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proton

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An object that is neutral contains the same number of electrons and protons.

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True

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If the two charges represented in the figure were brought near each other, they would

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attract each other.