Static Electricity Experiment

Static Electricity Experiment

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Interactive Video

Science

1st - 6th Grade

Hard

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The video demonstrates how rubbing a balloon on hair generates static electricity, allowing it to pick up paper objects. The experiment is first tested on a wall and then used to pick up paper snowmen. The concept of static electricity is explained as the cause of this phenomenon.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the first object the balloon is tested on in the experiment?

A window

A chair

A table

A wall

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How many tissue paper snowmen can be picked up with one balloon?

Three

Five

Four

Two

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the purpose of rubbing the balloon on hair?

To warm it up

To make it colorful

To create static electricity

To make it sticky

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What happens when you rub a balloon on your hair or fabric?

It becomes wet

It creates a spark

It changes color

It deflates

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the scientific term for the spark created by rubbing the balloon?

Magnetic force

Static electricity

Thermal energy

Kinetic energy