1.2 Static Electricity Quiz

What happens when you rub a balloon on your hair?

• The balloon disappears

• The balloon becomes charged and sticks to things

• Your hair turns into a balloon

• Nothing happens

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Which of these can become charged?

• Balloon

• Plastic spoon

• A chair

• All of the above

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What is static discharge?

• When a charged object touches another and the charge moves

• When an object becomes invisible

• When lightning never happens

• When objects stop moving

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Lightning is caused by:

• Wind moving clouds

• Static charges building up in clouds

• Rain falling from the sky

• Birds flying in the sky

Explain how objects become charged. Give an example.