Basics of Static Electricity

Materials that allow electrical charges to flow easily through them are called __________.

Select the materials that are electrical insulators.

• Plastic

• Metals

• Glass

• Rubber

Static charges usually form on conductors.

• True

• False

When two insulators are rubbed together ________ causes electrons to transfer from one material to the other.

Materials gain a positive charge by gaining protons.

• True

• False

When a material loses electrons, it gains a ________ charge.

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Two positively charged objects will...

• attract

• repel

• do nothing

A positively-charged and a negatively-charged object will...

• attract

• repel

• do nothing

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Electrostatic fields flow into negative charges.

• True

• False

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An electrostatic field is gets ______ as you move away from the charge.

• stronger

• weaker

• neither stronger not weaker

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