Electrical Forces

The magnitude of the electric force between two objects depends upon what factors? CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY!

• their charges

• the distance between their centers

• their masses

• their velocities

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What occurs when negative charges collect on the bottom of a cloud and are then attracted by the positive charge of the ground?

• Lightning

• Rain

• Clouds

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An object becomes charged when the atoms in the object gain or lose

• electrons

• protons

• neutrons

• all of the above

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What eventually happens to objects that are charged with static electricity?

• They destroy electrons forever

• They transfer electrons by a discharge

• They transfer neutrons to the air

• They create more protons to become neutral

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Objects with like charges will...

• attract

• repel

The quick movement of a charge from one object to another

• static electricity

• electrical circuit

• electric discharge

• force

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When an object gains electrons, what is its charge?

• Positive

• Negative

• Neutral

• No charge

During conduction, objects with excess electrons transfer them by _____ to other objects.

• transfer

• jumping

• touching

• flying

__________ "transfers" charges from an object to another without touching.

• Conduction

• Friction

• Energy

• Induction

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When a neutral plastic pipe and neutral wool are rubbed together, electrons on the wool are transferred to the plastic pipe, and the plastic pipe is charged ___________.

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