Static Electricity

Front

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

Back

Millions of electrons go from your finger into the doorknob.

Front

Which of the following is an insulator?

Back

Wood.

Front

What is static electricity caused by?

Back

An imbalance of positive and negative charges.

Front

An object becomes positively charged when it loses what?

Back

Electrons.

Front

What types of charges attract each other?

Back

Positive and Negative.

Front

What is an example of a conductor?

Back

Copper.

Front

What is an example of static electricity in everyday life?

Back

When you rub a balloon on your hair and it sticks to the wall.

Front

What happens to an object that gains electrons?

Back

It becomes negatively charged.

Front

What is the term for materials that do not allow electricity to flow through them easily?

Back

Insulators.

Front

What is the charge of a proton?

Back

Positive.