Static Electricity

One example of static electricity is...

• rain
• thunder
• lightning

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NGSS.MS-PS2-3

The accumulation of excess electric charge on an object is called

• Static electricity 
• Electric discharge
• Resistance
• Circuit 

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

• True
• False

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

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NGSS.MS-PS2-3

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

What can you infer about any object that gives you a static shock when you touch it?

• . It's a conductor
•  It's an insulator
• It's negatively charged
•  It's positively charged

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

• current electricity
• static electricity

How is static electricity produced?

• electrical current

• friction

• magnetic field

• electrical discharge

Which of the following is caused by static electricity?

• a magnet attracts a paper clip

• glue holds two pieces of paper together

• socks taken from a clothes dryer stick together

• ice sticks to a cars windshield on a cold winter day

Static electricity is:

• electricity flowing in a wire
• the buildup of electric charges on an object
• when protons move between objects

Rubbing a balloon on hair is an example of static charge build up created by....

• conduction
• friction
• induction
• hairduction