Topic 7 - Static Electricity🌻 Flashcards
(8 cards)
Atoms
Basic building blocs of matter
e-
Symbol for electron
Positive +Positive
Repel
Negative + Positive
Attract
Static Electricity
⚡️Build up of electric charges on surface of material
⚡️usually non-conductor of electricity
⚡️due to friction
Stactic
No movement of charge
Static electric spark
Shock feeling/shock sensation
Flash of light caused by electric discharge of static electricity
How does lightning occur 🌩
🌩Produced in thunderstorms
🌩Liquid and ice particles collide
🌩build up large electric fields in cloud
🌩Electric field become large enough