Quiz: Electric Charge and Static Electricity

What happens when you touch a metal doorknob after rubbing your shoes on the carpet?

• • Electric discharge

• • Electrostatic induction

• • Electrical current flow

• • Negative charge accumulation

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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

The girl's hair and the comb are attracting  one another.  The hair and the comb have ______.

• opposite charges
• like charges

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Objects can be charged in many ways. In the adjacent image, a student is rubbing a balloon on his head.

What method is he using to charge the balloon?

• conduction
• friction
• induction
• repulsion

Label the parts "a", "b", and "c" shown in the adjacent diagram.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

The electric force is strongest when charges are ________.

• close together
• far apart
• the electric force is constant everywhere

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NGSS.MS-PS2-3

What is the force of attraction or repulsion between electrically charged objects?

• electric charge

• electric force

• electric field

• static electricity

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The following table lists the properties of three different objects.

Indicate whether objects A, B and C are conductors, semi conductors or insulators. Explain your answer.

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The adjacent image shows the charge interactions between balloons A, B and C. It is known that balloon B is negatively charged, what are the charges on balloons A and C? Explain your answer.

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Two charged objects are near each other, but they do not touch. Which process is possible?

• charging by friction

• charging by induction

• charging by conduction

• Charging happens only between objects that touch.

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