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Electric fields

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What determines the charge of a substance?

a)

The number of electrons

b)

The number of neutrons

c)

The number of protons

d)

The number of protons and electrons

2.

What particle has a positive charge?

a)

Protons

b)

Electrons

c)

Neutrons

3.

What particle has a negative charge?

a)

Protons

b)

Electrons

c)

Neutrons

4.

Which of these materials is good at giving electrons

a)

Silk

b)

PVC

c)

Fur/Hair

d)

None of these

5.

If you rub fur on pvc to give it extra electrons, the pipe will become

a)

Negative

b)

Positive

6.

If you rub silk on glass to take away electrons, the glass will become

a)

Negative

b)

Positive

7.

What is causing the pith balls repel?

a)

Electric Fields

b)

Gravity

c)

Magnetism

d)

Kinetic Energy

8.

The space around an electric charge that causes them to attract and repel is called

a)

Gravity

b)

Electric Field

c)

Magnetism

d)

None of the above

9.

What is going to happen to charges in the pictures?

a)

Attract

b)

Repel

10.

What is going to happen to charges in the pictures?

a)

Attract

b)

Repel

11.

What is going to happen to charges in the pictures?

a)

Attract

b)

Repel

12.

Which is the electric field of a positive charge?

a)

Left

b)

Right

13.

Which is the electric field of a negative charge?

a)

Left

b)

Right

14.

What is the main thing that defines static electricity?

a)

The electric charges stay in one place

b)

The electric charges flow

15.

What increases the strength of an electric field?

a)

The amount of charge

b)

The amount of distance between charges

c)

The amount of charge and distance