Electrostatics - Physics

If two balloons have the same charge, what will happen if you place them close to each other?

• Nothing
• They will be attracted
• They will pop
• They will push each other away.

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The charge of an electron is 

• positive. 
• negative. 
• Electrons have no charge

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NGSS.HS-PS2-4

An atom loses an electron.  What type of charge does it have now?

• positive
• negative

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NGSS.HS-PS1-2

Charged objects are not attracted to neutral objects

• True
• False

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NGSS.HS-PS2-4

When a balloon is rubbed on clothes it acquires a charge by ___________

• Induction
• reduction
• friction 
• concuction

When a glass rod is rubbed with silk and the glass rod becomes positively charged, what happens to the electrons?

• they are removed from the rod
• they are added to the rod

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What do you call the process of charging a conductor by bringing it near another charged object?

• induction
• polarization
• neutralization
• conduction

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NGSS.HS-PS2-4

Which of the following is not a good conductor of electricity?

• copper
• silver
• Glass
• aluminum

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NGSS.HS-PS1-3

Which of the following is not a good insulator?

• Copper
• Glass
• rubber
• wool

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NGSS.HS-PS3-4

The law of conservation of charge states that...

• all atoms have more protons than electrons
• only protons can be rubbed off of an atom
• charge cannot be created or destroyed
• charge cannot be transferred