Electrostatics

In a solid, what is the name of the particle that is being transferred?

• Proton

• Neutron

• Electron

• Positron

If you were to step out of a plane before it was grounded (discharged), what would happen?

• You would fall
• You would catch on fire
• You would receive a big shock
• Nothing

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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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During a physics lab, a plastic strip was rubbed with cotton and became positively charged. The correct explanation for why the plastic strip becomes positively charged is that ...

• the plastic strip acquired extra protons from the cotton.
  
• the plastic strip acquired extra protons from the charging process 
• protons were created as the result of the charging process
  
• the plastic strip lost electrons to the cotton during the charging process 

Insulators are different than conductors in that insulators ____.

• do not contain electrons or protons 
•  do not contain any charge
• have a weaker affinity for electrons 
• do not allow charge to freely move 

A glass rod becomes positively charged when it is rubbed with silk. This net positive charge accumulates because the glass rod

• gains electrons
• loses electrons
• gains protons
• loses protons

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Two like charges

•  neutralize each other.
• repel each other. 
• must be neutrons. 
• attract each other.

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The charge of an electron is 

• positive. 
• negative. 
• Electrons have no charge

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

• positive
• negative

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

• Induction
• reduction
• friction 
• concuction