Static Electricity Exam

What types of charges attract?

• Positive and Positive

• Positive and Neutral

• Negative and Neutral

• Positive and Negative

What charge does a proton have?

• negative (-)

• positive (+)

• neutral or no charge (0)

What charge does an electron have?

• negative (-)

• positive (+)

• neutral or no charge (0)

If a substance has a higher number of electrons than protons on its surface, what type of charge does it have?

• A positive charge.

• A negative charge.

• A neutral charge

• No charge at all

Which of the following is caused by static electricity?

• a stove getting hot when it is turned on

• a magnet being attracted to a refrigerator

• a lightning strike during a storm

• a light bulb coming on when a switch is turned on

An object becomes postiively charged when which of the following occurs?

• loses electrons

• gains electrons

• loses protons

• gains neutrons

The difference between attraction and repulsion is that to attract is to pull something closer and repel is to push something away.

• True

• False

the positively charged particle in an atom, never leaves the nucleus, determines the element

• proton

• neutron

• electron

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