Static Electricity Lab

Lightning is an example of _________.

• static electricity

• current electricity

• watts

• voltage

Mr. Anady rubbed two balloons against his wool sweater for 30 seconds each. What will happen when the balloons are brought near each other?

• The balloons will repel each other.

• The balloons will attract each other.

• The balloons will become positively (+) charged.

• The balloons will pop.

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Which of these is NOT a way to create a static charge?

• Friction

• Induction

• Electroaction

• Conduction

Identify the insulator below.

• aluminum foil

• paperclip

• rubber eraser

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A region around a charged particle that can exert a force on another charged particle is called an

• electric pulse.

• electric charge.

• electric force.

• electric field.

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If a substance has a higher number of electrons than protons on its surface, what type of charge does it have?

• positive charge.

• negative charge.

• neutral charge

• charge at all

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An object becomes postiively charged when which of the following occurs?

• loses electrons

• gains electrons

• loses protons

• gains neutrons

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Jared was "charging" a fork with a piece of wool. After that, he passed it over the confetti. In result, confetti "jumped" on the fork. What was really happening here?

• Positive and negative charges attract.

• Positive and negative charges repel.

• Positive and positive charges attract.

• Negative and negative charges attract.

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If you rub a glass rod with a piece of silk, the rod becomes positively charged. This means that ....

• friction destroyed electrons in the rod.

• the silk has become negatively charged.

• protons have moved to the rod.

• glass attracts more protons.

If you bring a charged object near an electrically neutral surface without allowing the object to touch the surface, the charges in the surface are rearranged by ....

• friction.

• convection.

• induction.

• conduction.

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