Electricity and Magnetism

What happens when a positive charged object is placed near a negative charged object?

• they will attract

• they will repel

• the positive charge will change into a negative charge

• Nothing

Draw a neutral object. Show the positive and negative charges.

A _________ is material that electric charges easily move through.

An _______ _____ is any positive or negative charge.

________ material has no electric charge.

• Positive

• Negative

• Neutral

Objects that _____, push away from each other.

Objects that _____, pull toward each other.

What happens during a static discharge?

• The electric force between objects gets stronger.

• Neutral objects gain a positive electric charge.

• Particles with an electric charge move between objects that are not touching.

• The number of charged particles in an object decreases.

An ________ is material that slows the flow of electric forces.

An object that is magnetic without human influence.