
Static Electricity, Discovery Education Article

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What causes static electricity to build up in clouds during a storm?
Movement of water molecules
Presence of metal objects
High temperature
Low pressure
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Analyzing
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When you walk across the carpet and feel a shock, what is happening at the electron level?
Electrons are moving from your body to the carpet
Electrons are moving from the carpet to your body
Electrons are not moving at all
Electrons are moving from the air to your body
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Applying
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why does a negatively charged balloon attract positively charged hair?
Because opposite charges attract
Because like charges attract
Because they have the same charge
Because of gravity
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Evaluating
4.
FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Static electricity is caused by an imbalance of positive and negative ___.
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Analyzing
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30 sec • 1 pt
The sudden expansion of air during a lightning strike produces a sound called ___.
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30 sec • 1 pt
Objects with like charges will ___ each other.
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Evaluating
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A student made an observation that when he walked across the carpet in his socks and touched the metal doorknob, he got shocked.
What conclusion is best supported by this observation?
Energy is being transferred from the student to the doorknob.
The negatively charged particles are jumping from the student’s socks to the door.
Static electricity can be caused by lightning.
The kinetic energy from walking is causing potential energy to form.
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