Static Electricity preassessment

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What is static electricity?

Back

The imbalance of electrical charge on an object.

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What phenomenon occurs due to charge separation in clouds?

Back

Lightning.

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Which device uses static electrical charge to operate?

Back

Photocopy Machine.

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True or False: Like charges repel each other.

Back

True.

Front

What charge does an electron carry?

Back

Negative (-).

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What is the charge of a proton?

Back

Positive (+).

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What happens when two objects with opposite charges come into contact?

Back

They attract each other.

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What is an insulator?

Back

A material that does not allow electric charges to flow freely.

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What is a conductor?

Back

A material that allows electric charges to flow easily.

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What is the principle of conservation of charge?

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Charge can neither be created nor destroyed, only transferred.