Electric Charge and Static Electricity

_ is a property that leads to electromagnetic interactions between the particles that make up matter.

• Electricity

• Electric charge

• Electrical charge

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An object that has no charge is _.

• positive

• negative

• neutral

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All atoms have a dense center called a _.

• neutron

• nucleus

• electron

• proton

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The nucleus contains two types of particles: _ and _.

• electrons

• neutrons

• protons

A proton has a charge of _.

• 1-

• 1+

• 0

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A neutron has _ charge.

• some

• no

_ are a third type of particle and are found outside the nucleus.

• Pronouns

• Neutrons

• Electrons

Atoms can lose or gain electrons. When this happens, the atom has an overall positive or negative charge and is called an _.

• electrical force

• ion

• eon

Three ways that objects can gain or lose _ are by friction, contact, or induction.

• protons

• neutrons

• electrons

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_ is the buildup of electric charge on an object.

• Electric discharge

• Static discharge

• Static electricity