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Electrostatics8

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name

Class

Date

What is the name of the particle that is being transferred?

Proton

Neutron

Electron

Positron

How can objects become electrified?

By plugging them in to a socket

Adding acid to them

Rubbing with flannel

Shaking them in the air

What object allowed John Tra"voltage" to discharge his electrons?

The rug

The wall

The door

The metal doorknob

Which of the following DOES NOT use electrostatics to work?

Dryer sheets

Electric Motor

Photocopier

Van de Graff Generator

If you were to step out of a plane before it was grounded (discharged), what would happen?

You would fall

You would catch on fire

You would receive a big shock

Nothing

If two balloons have the same charge, what will happen if you place them close to each other?

Nothing

They will be attracted

They will pop

They will push each other away.

What is the name of this device that is used to detect charges?

beaker

electroscope

van de graff generator

chargometer

Two like charges

neutralize each other.

repel each other.

must be neutrons.

attract each other.

The charge of an electron is

positive.

negative.

Electrons have no charge

10.

An atom loses an electron. What type of charge does it have now?

positive

negative

11.

During a physics lab, a plastic strip was rubbed with cotton and became positively charged. The correct explanation for why the plastic strip becomes positively charged is that ...

the plastic strip acquired extra protons from the cotton.

the plastic strip acquired extra protons from the charging process

protons were created as the result of the charging process

the plastic strip lost electrons to the cotton during the charging process

12.

Insulators are different than conductors in that insulators ____.

do not contain electrons or protons

do not contain any charge

have a weaker affinity for electrons

do not allow charge to freely move

13.

An atom of oxygen has 8 protons and 10 electrons, this means the atom is ____________

positively charged because it has excess electrons

negatively charged because it has excess electrons

positively charged because it has a deficiency of electrons

negatively charged because it has a deficiency of electrons

14.

After a balloon is rubbed against wool, the two objects will ________ each other because they have ___________ charges

attract; like

attract, opposite

repel; like

repel; opposite

15.

What method of static charging is shown in this picture

Contact

Friction

Grounding

Electron Shifting

16.

The SI unit of charge is

the ampere

the newton

the coulomb

the joule

17.

What are the charges of a proton, neutron, and electron (in order)

positive, negative, neutral

negative, neutral, positive

neutral, positive, negative

positive, neutral, negative

18.

The SI unit for electric charge is the:

q, quacker

m, meter

N, Newton

C, Coulomb

19.

We wouldn't have such sophisticated computers or phones without the development of

semiconductors

Mark Zucklberg

superconductors

saran wrap

20.

Charged objects are not attracted to neutral objects.

TRUE

FALSE

21.

What is The Law of Conservation of Charge?

The strength of the force is determined by the size of the charge.

Electric charge can neither be created nor destroyed

There is an opposite and equal force to all charges

Electric charge is transferred and transformed

22.

Plastic is an example of _______.

an insulator

a conductor

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Electrostatics8

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 27mins

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