Static Electricity Notes

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What types of charges attract?

• Positive and Positive
• Positive and Neutral
• Negative and Neutral
• Positive and Negative

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The buildup of charges on an object is called:

• positive charge
• static charge
• negative charge
• static discharge

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Electric charges that are alike _______ each other.

• Attract
• Repel

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Electric charges that are different _______ each other.

• Attract
• Repel

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What charge does a proton have?

• negative (-)
• positive (+)
• neutral or no charge (0)

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What charge does an electron have?

• negative (-)
• positive (+)
• neutral or no charge (0)

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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?

• A positive charge.
• A negative charge.
• A neutral charge
• No charge at all

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True or False, Lighting is a form of static electricity.

• True
• False

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

• attract each other.
• repel each other.
• cause static discharge.
• have no affect on each other

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

• A positive charge.
• A negative charge.
• A neutral charge
• No charge at all

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

• A neutral charge.
• A positive charge.
• A negative charge
• No charge at all

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Which type of charge moves from one object to another to cause static electricity?  

• Atom
• Proton
• Electron
• Neutron

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A buildup of electric charge on an object.

• Electric field
• Electric force
• static electricity
• static discharge

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The loss of static electricity as electric charges move from one object to another.

• Electric field
• Electric force
• static electricity
• static discharge

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A force that pushes objects away from each other

• electrical charge

• attraction

• force

• repulsion

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What type of charge does this balloon have?

• Positive

• Negative

• Neutral

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What will you likely see during an electrical discharge?

• A rainbow
• A spark
• Red
• Moisture

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The negatively charged balloon is brought near the two cans. What happens?

• The negative charges in Can B move towards the balloon
• The negative charges in Can A move away from the balloon
• The positive charges in Can B move towards the balloon
• The positive charges in Can A move away from the balloon

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Will the balloons ATTRACT or REPEL each other?

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Will the balloons ATTRACT or REPEL each other?

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

• The doorknob sends a burst of electric current into your body
• Millions of electrons go from your finger into the doorknob
• The doorknob sends millions of electrons into your finger
• our finger becomes negatively charged

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What would cause two balloons to repel?

• one is positive and one is negative

• both balloons are positive

• both balloons are negative

• one balloon is positive and one is neutral