Static Electricity and Magnets

If you rub your hair on a balloon, what will happen?

• The balloon will pop

• Your hair will be attracted to the balloon

• Your hair will repel the balloon

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To make a can roll away from a balloon. What kind of charges do the can and balloon have to have?

• The can has to be positively charged and the the balloon positively charged.

• The can has to be positively charge and the balloon negatively charged.

• The can has to be both postively and negatively charged.

• The balloon has to be both positvely and negatively charged.

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What type of charges repel? Check all that apply

• positive and negative charges

• positive and positive charges

• protons and neutrons

• negative and negative charges

Which is a form of static electricity?

• A stove getting hot when it is turned on

• A light coming on when the switch is turned on

• A lighting strike during a thunderstorm

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What will happen if you walk across carpet and then touch a door knob?

• You will feel a shock as electrons move from you to door knob

• You will not feel anything different.

• You will feel dizzy as you touch the door knob.

• You will feel cold as you touch the door knob.

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What do magnets stick to? Check all that apply

• nail

• tin foil

• can

• paper clip

When do magnets attract to one another? Check all that apply

• north - north together

• north - south together

• south - south together

• south - north together

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When will magnets repel? Check all that apply

• north - north together

• north - south together

• south - south together

• south - north together

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Magnets attract all metals? True or False

• True

• False

The space around a magnet is called the?

• magnetism

• horseshoe magnet

• magnetic field

• bar magnet

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