Electrical Charge

Lightning occurs because ....

• the negative charges at the bottom of clouds are attracted to the positive charges on the ground.

• the positive charges at the bottom of clouds are attracted to the negative charges on the ground.

If two charges repel each other, the two charges could be

• Positive and neutral

• Positive and negative

• positive and neutral

• negative and negative

What charge does a proton have?

• negative (-)
• positive (+)
• neutral or no charge (0)

Static electricity is 

• The balance of electrical charge on an object
• The unequal balance of electrical charges on an object

• The discharge of electrical charge
• The build up of protons in the nucleus of an atom 

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

• Neutrons
• Orbits
• Protons
• subatomic particles

What charge does an electron have?

• negative (-)
• positive (+)
• neutral or no charge (0)

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

• positive
• negative
• neutral or no charge
• opposite

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

• proton

• neutron

• electron

The charge of an electron is . . . .

• positive

• negative

• neutral

• both positive and negative

A negatively charged particle has

• more protons than electrons.
• more electrons than protons
• an equal number of protons and electrons