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Static Electricity Review

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
An objective with a negative charge would _______ an object with a neutral charge
a)
Attract
b)
Repel
c)
Do nothing
2.
Two objects with negative charges would
a)
Attract
b)
Repel
c)
Do nothing
3.

A charged object attracting a neutral object is practical example of...

a)

current electricity

b)

induced charge separation

c)

movement of electrons between substances

d)

static charging

4.

Which method of static charging requires two neutral objects?

a)

Friction

b)

Conduction

c)

Induction

5.

Which method of static charging will produced the same charge in both substances?

a)

Friction

b)

Conduction

c)

Induction

6.

Which method of charging does not require the substances to touch each other?

a)

Friction

b)

Conduction

c)

Induction

7.

How will charges move to neutralize a positively charged object?

a)

Electrons will move from the object to the ground

b)

Electrons will move from the ground to the object

c)

Protons will move from the object to the ground

d)

Protons will move from the ground to the object

8.

Electrical discharge is a form of charging by...

a)

friction

b)

conduction

c)

induction

9.
Electrical charge built up on the surface of an object is called _________________.
a)
static electricity
b)
current electricity
c)
lightning
d)
electrons
10.
Which of the following is caused by static electricity?
a)
a stove getting hot when it is turned on
b)
a magnet being attracted to a refrigerator
c)
a lightning strike during a storm
d)
a light bulb coming on when a switch is turned on
11.

Lightning occurs because ___.

a)

the negative charges at the bottom of clouds are attracted to the positive charges on the ground.

b)

the positive charges at the bottom of clouds are attracted to the negative charges on the ground.

c)

the positive and negative charges inside clouds are attracted to each other

d)

All of these reasons are correct.

12.

Which subatomic particle is easily moved?

a)

Proton

b)

Electron

c)

Neutron

13.

Which pairs of charges will attract?

a)

Two positive charges

b)

Two negative charges

c)

A positive charge and a negative charge

14.

How can you produce a permanent charge using induction?

a)

remove the ground before the charged object

b)

remove the charged object before the ground

15.

The Law of Electric Charges states that...

a)

like charges attract, unlike charges repel

b)

like charges repel, unlike charges attract

c)

all charged objects attract each other

d)

all charged objects repel each other