Static Electricity

Will the balloons ATTRACT or REPEL each other?

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Will the balloons ATTRACT or REPEL each other?

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Static electricity can "jump" from the charged object to another object, causing . . .

• static cling (objects sticking together)

• electric discharge (and a shock!)

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When negative charges on a cloud cause positive charges to build up on the ground, what may happen?

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If an object has the same number of positive and negative charges, its electrical charge is...

• positive
• negative
• neutral or no charge
• opposite

If an object has more negative charges than positive charges, its electrical charge is...

• positive

• negative

• neutral or no charge

• opposite

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The girl's hair and the comb are attracting  one another.  The hair and the comb have

• opposite charges
• like charges

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In a neutral atom, the number of electrons is equal to the number of _______.

• Neutrons
• Orbits
• Protons
• subatomic particles

An object becomes charged when the atoms in the object gain or lose

• electrons
• protons
• neutrons
• all of the above

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A region around a charged particle that can exert a force on another charged particle is called an

• electric pulse.
• electric charge.
• electric force.
• electric field.

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