Electricity (Electrical Charge / Electrical Current)

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What is the electrical charge of an object with equal positive and negative charges?

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Neutral or no charge.

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What is static electricity?

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The imbalance of electrical charge on an object.

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True or False: A negatively charged object has lost protons.

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False.

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True or False: Like charges repel each other.

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True.

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What causes lightning?

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Lightning occurs because the negative charges at the bottom of clouds are attracted to the positive charges on the ground, the positive charges at the bottom of clouds are attracted to the negative charges on the ground, and the positive and negative charges inside clouds are attracted to each other.

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What is an electrical charge?

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An electrical charge is a property of subatomic particles that causes them to experience a force when placed in an electromagnetic field.

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What are the two types of electrical charges?

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Positive and negative charges.

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What happens when two objects with like charges come close to each other?

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They repel each other.

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What happens when two objects with opposite charges come close to each other?

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They attract each other.

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What is the unit of electrical charge?

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Coulomb (C).