Static Electricity

Question 1

3 ways to charge a NEUTRAL object?

Answer 1

1. Friction
2. Contact
3. Induction

Question 2

What is charging by friction?

Answer 2

1. Two different NEUTRAL objects are rubbed together
2. ELECTRONS are transferred from one object to another

Question 3

What’s charging by contact?

Answer 3

The charge on a neutral object becomes the same charge on the charged object

(2 different objects with different amounts of charge come in contact with each other)

Example: 1 is neutral and 1 is charged

Question 4

What is an example of contact?

Answer 4

A NEGATIVELY charged rod touches a neutral object, the neutral object will become negatively charged and vice versa

Question 5

What is static electricity?

Answer 5

The charge build up on an object (electric potential) some objects hold on to electrons better than others.

Question 6

When do static charges build up?

Answer 6

When ELECTRONS move into or out of an object leaving it with a different balance of protons (positive charge) and electrons (negative charge)

Question 7

What does it mean when an object has extra electrons?

Answer 7

Object is NEGATIVELY charged

Question 8

When an object has fewer protons?

Answer 8

Object is POSITIVELY charged

Question 9

Do protons move?

Answer 9

NO

Question 10

Does static electricity move?

Answer 10

Does NOT move