Static Electricity

What's one example of a powerful electrical charge?

• lightening

• fire

• tornado

• flashlight

Neutrons have a ______ charge.

• Positive

• Negative

• Neutral

If the balloon has a negative charge, the hair must have what charge?

• negative

• positive

• neutral

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_______ is when there is a buildup of charges (more of one type of charge) on an object.

• static electric discharge

• static electricity

• current electricity

Two objects with LIKE static charges will

• attract each other
• even out in the end
• repel each other
• cause a spark

Rubbing a balloon on hair is an example of static charge build up created by....

• conduction
• friction
• induction
• hairduction

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

Lightning is _____.

• a buildup of neutrons
• harmless
• a high-voltage electric current
• a large discharge of static electricity

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

• Neutrons

• Protons

• Orbits

• Subatomic Particles

An object becomes charged when the atoms in the object gain or lose?

• Electrons

• Protons

• Neutrons

• All of the above

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