Electrostatic Charges

When two different types of insulators are rubbed together, ____________ electric charges are produced.

• mobile

• static

• no

• some

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They are two types of electric charges: positive charge and negative charge.

• True

• False

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Same or like charges ___________ each other.

• attract

• repel

Opposite charges ___________ each other.

• attract

• repel

The object that gains electrons will be ______________________.

• positively charged

• negatively charged

• neutral

The object that loses electrons will be ______________________.

• positively charged

• negatively charged

• neutral

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Which of the following instrument is used to detect static electric charges.

• Voltmeter

• Van de Graaff generator

• Ammeter

• Electroscope

Choose the correct reason why the hair stand and attracted to the balloon when the balloon is rubbed to the hair?

• Both balloon and hair are neutral

• Both balloon and hair are same charged

• The balloon is negatively charged and hair is neutral

• The balloon and hair are different charged

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A glass rod becomes positively charged when it is rubbed with silk. This is because the glass rod

• gains protons

• loses protons

• gains electrons

• loses electrons

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You walk across a nylon carpet and become negatively charged. You became negatively charged because...

• Protons from your body traveled to the carpet and therefore you became negatively charged

• Protons from the carpet traveled to your body and therefore you became negatively charged

• Electrons from your body traveled to the carpet and therefore you became negatively charged

• Electrons from the carpet traveled to your body and therefore you became negatively charged.

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