Types of Charging

There are two types of electric charge, positive and _____.

• negative

• positive

• neutral

Charging by ______ is done by rubbing two objects at the same time.

• induction

• friction

• conduction

Charging by _____ is done without actual contact to any other charged object.

• Induction

• friction

• conduction

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It is the transfer of electron from a charged object to another by DIRECT CONTACT .

• Induction

• Conduction

• Friction

Which type of charge is pictured?

• neutral

• positive

• negative

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Which type of charge (positive, negative, or neutral) is pictured? How do you know?

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Clothes in a dryer rub together and begin clinging to each other is an example of charging by....

• Conduction

• Induction

• Friction

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Thunderstorm is an example of Charging by _______.

• Induction

• Friction

• Conduction

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The ways of charging matter are. Choose all the correct answers.

• gravity

• friction

• magnetic

• contact

The passage states that when two objects are rubbed together, there is a transfer of electrons. What seems to be the important variable in determining which object acquires the transferred electrons?  

• The relative size of the two objects

• The relative roughness of the two objects

• The relative affinity that each object has for electrons.

• The number of electrons initially possessed by each object.