Study Jams Electricity

What type of electricity occurs when you rub a balloon on your sweater?

• neutral electricity

• static electricity

• hydro electricity

• thermal electricity

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What type of charge do electrons have?

• negative charge

• positive charge

• no charge

• atomic charge

Answer explanation

Electrons may move almost at the speed of light as they travel around the nucleus...

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Which of the following is an example of electricity that is created by nature?

• wind turbines

• socks in a dryer

• water dams

• lightning

Answer explanation

How hot is a lightning bolt? Only about 54,000 degrees Fahrenheit — roughly five times hotter than the surface of the sun!

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What happens when you walk across a room and your shoes rub against the carpet?

• Protons move from your shoes to the carpet, giving the carpet a positive charge.

• Your shoes stick to the carpet.

• Electrons hop from the carpet to your shoes, creating static electricity.

• Nothing happens.

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Which is NOT a way we use electricity?

• lighting our streets and homes

• running machines

• lightning

• working our blenders

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What kind of charge do protons have?

• negative charge

• no charge

• neutral charge

• positive charge

True or False? Electrons have a positive charge

• True

• False

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True or False?

Lightning is caused by static electricity.

• True

• False

Electricity is the energy produced by the movement of

• neutrons

• protons

• electrons

• Mrs. White

When electrons jump from one atom to another, they cause little bursts of

• crying

• happiness

• electricity

• thunder

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