Static Electricity Quizizz

The triboelectric effect describes electric charge transfer between two objects when they contact or slide against each other. This is commonly referred to as STATIC ELECTRICITY. Which of the following scenarios involves this phenomenon? Select all that apply!

• Rubbing a balloon on your head and sticking it to a wall.

• Plugging in your computer to charge every night

• Lightning

• Getting shocked on a door knob after walking across the carpet.

In a(n) ​ (a)   electric charges build up. In a(n) ​ ​ (b)   electric charges spread out or flow.​

• conductor
• insulator
• solid
• liquid 
• gas

Where do the charges come from?

Why do the electrons jump toward the metal doorknob?

• Metal is an insulator

• Metal is a conductor

• Metal is cold

• The electrons want to leave the room

Why does the cold (dry) air make you get shocked more easily than the warm (humid) air?

• The charges go to the warm air since it's a better conductor before you touch the metal.

• The charges go to the cold air since its a better conductor before you touch the metal.

• The charges don't like the cold.