Static Electricity and Some Natural Phenomena Quiz

Plastic comb or glass rod gets electrically charged due to:

• difference in electric potential

• heat

• friction

• electric spark

When two objects are rubbed together then both the objects get charged by friction but with:

• opposite charges

• like charges

In an uncharged object, the number of protons is:

• equal to number of electrons

• less than number of electrons

• more than number of electrons

• can’t say

The device used to detect electric charge on an object is:

• telescope

• barometer

• voltmeter

• electroscope

What kind of charge is acquired by glass rod when rubbed with silk cloth?

• Negative charge

• Positive charge

• No charge

• None of the above

Earth’s crust is fragmented. Each fragment is called:

• Platter

• Slab

• Tectonic Plates

• Plane

Richter Scale is used to meaure:

• temperature of different regions

• magnitude of an earthquake

• magnitude of a cyclone

• atmospheric pressure

The scientist who discovered the electric nature of lightning was:

• Isaac Newton

• Robert Hooke

• Benjamin Franklin

• (A)Nicholas Tesla

A lightning conductor transfers:

• Light energy

• Photoelectric energy

• Solar energy

• Electric energy

The point on the earth’s surface just above the focus of the earthquake is called:

• Centre

• Epicentre

• Tremor

• Seismic zone