Neutrons, Protons, and Electrons

What is an electric charge?

• Things that cause electricity.

• A type of heat energy

• A property of a particle that affects how it behaves around other particles.

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Electrons are particles inside the atom that are neutral or have no charge. True or False

• True

• False

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What are the particles that make up the atom?

• protons, and electrons

• protons, neutrons, and electrons

• negative and positive particles

• electrons only

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True or False. When an atom has equal numbers of protons and electrons the positive and negative charges cancel each other.

• True

• False

True or False. Atoms sometimes gain or lose electrons.

• True

• False

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What does the word neutral mean when talking about electric charges?

Particles with the same charge repel or push away from one another. Particles with opposite charges do what?

• run from each other

• repel

• do nothing

• attract or pull together

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Electric charges can build up on objects. This buildup is called what?

• static discharge

• static electricity

• electricity

• discharge

Lighting is a type of ?

• electrostatic discharge

• cloud

• sound energy

What does static mean?