Static Electricity 2

Static charge can build up on a(n)

• Insulator

• Conductor

When a balloon is rubbed against a wool sweater, the balloon _________ electrons from/to the sweater

• loses

• gains

• fights

• says hello to

Answer explanation

Friction from rubbing the balloon against the sweater removes electrons from the sweater and puts them on the balloon, creating a negative charge on the balloon

Everyone in the world has equal access to electricity

• True

• False

Two of the following subatomic particles exist in the nucleus of an atom. Check the ones that apply

• Neutrons

• Electrons

• Protons

Materials that gain electrons become

• Positively charged

• Negatively charged

• Neutral

• Explode

When you move a negatively charged balloon near a small stream of water from a faucet, the water

• The water bends towards the balloon

• The water will spark

• The water explodes

• Nothing

Materials that lose electrons become

• Sad

• Negatively charged

• Positively charged

• Happy

Like charges

• Repel

• Attract

• Do nothing

• Explode

Opposite charges

• Repel

• Attract

• Do nothing

• Explode

An example of a real world application of static electricity is

• Printers

• Pollution reduction in smokestacks

• Paint sprayers

• Dust removal

Answer explanation

All of these are real world applications of static electricity