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Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Two positive charges will ..............................

a)

Repel each other

b)

Attract to each other

c)

None of the above

d)

Not affect each other

2.

Protons have (a) ........

a)

Negative charge

b)

Positive charge

c)

No charge

d)

None of the above

3.

A positive and negative charge will ..........

a)

Repel each other

b)

Do nothing to each other

c)

None of the above

d)

Attract to each other

4.

What happens if you rub a balloon on your clothes and then put it on the wall?

a)

The balloon will fall from the wall

b)

The balloon will stick to the wall for a short time

c)

The balloon will bounce of the wall

d)

The balloon will fly to the ceiling and stick to the ceiling

5.

Styrofoam peanuts stick to cat's fur due to ..........

a)

The difference in charges

b)

The similarity in charges

c)

Because the cat loves it

d)

Because the cat hates it

6.

Rubbing a balloon on your clothes and then putting it close to water will ........

a)

Deflect the stream of water

b)

Attract the stream of water

c)

Won't afftect the water

d)

None of the above

7.

Rubbing a balloon on the wall then putting it near your hair ..........

a)

Will make you bald

b)

Won't affect your hair

c)

Will make your hair attracted (go towards) to the balloon

d)

None of the above

8.
An atom gains an electron.  What type of charge does it have now?
a)
positive
b)
negative
c)
No charge
9.
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 ...
a)
the plastic strip acquired extra protons from the cotton.
b)
the plastic strip acquired extra protons from the charging process 
c)
protons were created as the result of the charging process
d)
the plastic strip lost electrons to the cotton during the charging process 
10.
Insulators are different than conductors in that insulators ____.
a)
do not contain electrons or protons 
b)
 do not contain any charge
c)
have a weaker affinity for electrons 
d)
do not allow charge to freely move