Static Charges V2 (EDUCAKE)

What type of materials will become charged when they are rubbed together?

• Conductors

• Insulators

• Both insulators and Conductors

• Non of Them

Name the charged particles that can be transferred between certain materials when they are rubbed together?

• Electrons

• Protons

• Neutrons

• Non of them

Two copper rods are rubbed together. Will they become charged?

• YES

• NO

• NONE OF THEM

True or false? Electrical charges cannot move through metals such as iron.

• FALSE

• TRUE

Chloe combed her hair and found that afterwards some of her hair was sticking out and wouldn't lie flat. This was because __________ had been transferred from the hairs to the comb. What one word completes this sentence?

True or false? When two electrically charged objects are brought together they exert a force on one another.

• True

• False

After combing her hair, Chloe found that some of her hair was sticking out and wouldn't lie flat. Chloe said that this was because rubbing the hairs with the comb had left all the hairs with the same type of charge. Was she right?

• NO

• YES

True or false? Metals do not become charged because charges move easily through them rather than becoming stuck in one place.

• YES

• NO

Do like charges attract or repel?

• REPEL

• ATTRACTS

True or false? Pure water is a good conductor of electricity

• TRUE

• FALSE