Static Electricity

If an object has the same number of positive and negative charges, its electrical charge is...

• positive
• negative
• neutral or no charge
• opposite

True or False
Like charges repel

• True
• False

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 negatives go from your finger into the doorknob
• The doorknob sends millions of negatives into your finger
• our finger becomes negatively charged

Which of the following is caused by static electricity?

• a stove getting hot when it is turned on
  
• a magnet being attracted to a refrigerator
  
• a lightning strike during a storm
• a light bulb coming on when a switch is turned on

What types of charges attract?

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

Electric charges that are alike _______ each other.

• Attract
• Repel

Electric charges that are different _______ each other.

• Attract
• Repel

If an object has more positive than negative charges, its electrical charge is...

• positive
• negative
• neutral or no charge
• opposite

If an object has more negative charges than positive charges, its electrcial charge is...

• positive
• negative
• neutral or no charge
• opposite

If an object has the same number of positive and negative charges, its electrical charge is...

• positive
• negative
• neutral or no charge
• opposite