Static Electricity

What are the three options for charge?

• positive
• infinite
• negative
• neutral
• free

What is the charge on a proton?

• neutral
• negative
• positive
• free

What is the charge on an electron?

• negative
• positive
• neutral
• free

What is the charge on a neutron?

• free
• neutral
• negative
• positive

What happens when the same charges are close together?

• nothing
• they repel
• they attract

What happens when opposite charges are close together?

• nothing

• they repel

• they attract

What happens when an uncharged object and a positive object are close together?

• nothing
• they repel
• they attract

What is an electric field?

• where electricity is grown
• a field designed to keep cows in
• the area around an object that is charged
• the area around a charge where it can exert a force

How can objects gain a static charge?

• by being rubbed
• by being melted
• by being frozen
• by being heated

What is transferred to and from objects that leaves the objects with a static charge?

• protons
• electrons
• neutrons
• mass