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WorksheetsStatic Electricity
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
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Class
Date
1.
What are the three options for charge?
a)
positive
b)
infinite
c)
negative
d)
neutral
e)
free
2.
What is the charge on a proton?
a)
neutral
b)
negative
c)
positive
d)
free
3.
What is the charge on an electron?
a)
negative
b)
positive
c)
neutral
d)
free
4.
What is the charge on a neutron?
a)
free
b)
neutral
c)
negative
d)
positive
5.
What happens when the same charges are close together?
a)
nothing
b)
they repel
c)
they attract
6.
What happens when opposite charges are close together?
a)
nothing
b)
they repel
c)
they attract
7.
What happens when an uncharged object and a positive object are close together?
a)
nothing
b)
they repel
c)
they attract
8.
What is an electric field?
a)
where electricity is grown
b)
a field designed to keep cows in
c)
the area around an object that is charged
d)
the area around a charge where it can exert a force
9.
How can objects gain a static charge?
a)
by being rubbed
b)
by being melted
c)
by being frozen
d)
by being heated
10.
What is transferred to and from objects that leaves the objects with a static charge?
a)
protons
b)
electrons
c)
neutrons
d)
mass
11.
If an object gains electrons, what charge does it have?
a)
neutral
b)
positive
c)
negative
12.
If an object loses electrons, what charge does it have?
a)
neutral
b)
positive
c)
negative
13.
What can a large build-up of static charge cause?
a)
an explosion
b)
a fight
c)
a spark
d)
a circus
14.
Which of these is NOT an energy store?
a)
kinetic
b)
radiation
c)
gravitational potential
d)
chemical
15.
Circuits transfer energy through the (a) pathway
16.
When an object falls, energy is transferred.......
a)
from the kinetic to the gravitational potential store
b)
from the chemical to the kinetic store
c)
from the gravitational potential to the kinetic store
d)
from the elastic to the kinetic store
17.
Categorize the following
iron nail
rubber tube
plastic comb
steel paperclip
wooden spoon
tin can
Conductor
Insulator
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