Electricity and Static Electricity

What is static electricity?

• The shock you get from a doorknob

• The trick you used to do with a balloon

• A lightning strike

• An imbalance of electric charge

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What happens when two pieces of tape that are both stuck to a table are ripped off and tried to stick together?

• They attract each other

• They repel each other

• They remain neutral

• They explode

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What happens when one piece of tape is stuck on top of the other, ripped off the table, and then separated?

• They attract each other

• They repel each other

• They remain neutral

• They explode

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What causes charged particles to move in the first place?

• An imbalance of electrical charge

• Friction between objects

• Contact between objects

• Gravity

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What is the process called when an object gains or loses electrons through friction?

• Charging by friction

• Charging by contact

• Charging by induction

• Grounding

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What is the law that states charge can only move from one place to another?

• Law of conservation of electric charge

• Law of gravity

• Law of electromagnetic induction

• Law of thermodynamics

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What is the process called when charges move between two objects that are in contact?

• Charging by friction

• Charging by contact

• Charging by induction

• Grounding

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What happens when a charged object is connected to a much larger neutral conducting object?

• The charged object loses its charge

• The neutral object gains a charge

• Both objects become neutral

• Both objects repel each other

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What happens when a positively charged rod is brought close to a metal conductive rod?

• The metal rod gains a positive charge

• The metal rod gains a negative charge

• The metal rod becomes neutral

• The metal rod explodes

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What is the process called when a net charge is created in an object without contacting another object?

• Charging by friction

• Charging by contact

• Charging by induction

• Grounding

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