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Electric Forces

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Everything is made of ​_____

a)
plastic
b)
water
c)
matter
2.

Electrically charged objects push or pull on other charged objects and produce motion.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

What do we call a charged atom?

a)

spark

b)

neutron

c)

matter

d)

ion

4.

Lightning is huge static electricity.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Static electricity and current electricity are the same thing.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

A force that causes something to move away

a)

pull

b)

push

c)

static electricity

d)

force

7.

An electric charge produced by friction

a)

pull

b)

push

c)

static electricty

d)

force

8.

A force that causes something to move closer

a)

pull

b)

push

c)

static electricity

d)

force

9.

A push or pull that causes an object to move, stop, or change direction

a)

pull

b)

push

c)

static electricty

d)

force

10.

A group of students hang a balloon with an electrical charge from the ceiling with a string. They bring another balloon near the first one. As the balloons are brought closer together, what will happen to the balloon on the string?

a)

It will be attracted if the charges are different.

b)

It will remain still if the charges are the same.

11.

Electric Forces can result in _____

(choose all that apply)

a)

a pulling force

b)

an decrease in volume

c)

a pushing force

d)

an electrical discharge

12.

Which of the following will most likely cause an electrical discharge?

a)

A fast gain of an electrical charge in an object

b)

Two objects with electrical charges interacting

13.

Static electricity is called "static" because rather than moving or "flowing" to another area, the charges stay in that area for a while.

a)

True

b)

False