Static Electricity

The difference between attract and repel is that to attract is to pull something closer and repel is to push something away.

• True
• False

When socks get stuck to towels in your dryer, this is an example of________________

• current electricity
• static electricity

What types of charges attract?

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

The accumulation of excess electric charge on an object is called

• Static electricity 
• Electric discharge
• Resistance
• Circuit 

Electric charges that are alike _______ each other.

• Attract
• Repel

Electric charges that are different _______ each other.

• Attract
• Repel

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

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

• True
• False

Electrical charge built up on the surface of an object is called _________________.

• static electricity
• current electricity
• lightning
• electrons

The smallest unit of an element is

• An electron
• A proton
• A neutron
• An atom