Electricity

Static electricity is a build up of uncharged particles.

• True

• False

A positive charge will attract another positive charge.

• True

• False

Static electricity can cause a person to be shocked.

• True

• False

Two negatively charged balloons will attract each other.

• True

• False

Two objects with negative charges will repel each other.

• True

• False

Rubbing objects together produces _____ static electricity.

• the same

• more

• less

• neutral

Unbalanced electrical charges on the surface of different objects causes  ___________.

• friction

• static electricity

• voltage

• resistance

Static electricity might cause a shock to a person touching which object?

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• a glass window

• a rubber eraser

• a plastic bottle

• an iron doorknob

Electrical charges can be either positive or _____.

• neutral

• negative

• closed

• balanced

What happens to charged particles when two objects touch?

• They are released into the air.

• Nothing happens.

• They can move from one object to another.

• They lose thier charge.