Static Electricity

​How does Static Electricity work

Static Electricity

by Shamma Al-Ketbi

https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/john-travoltage/latest/john-travoltage_en.html

Multiple Choice

Will the balloons ATTRACT or REPEL each other?

Multiple Choice

Only negative charges can move from one material to another.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Static electricity can "jump" from the charged object to another object, causing . . .

• static cling (objects sticking together)

• electric discharge (and a shock!)

Multiple Choice

When negative charges on a cloud cause positive charges to build up on the ground, what may happen?

​repel

​different

​same

​attract

​together

​apart