Understanding Static Electricity and Electrostatic Fields

True or False, Lighting is a form of static electricity.

• True

• False

Two balloons are hanging from a stick.

One balloon has a positive charge and the other has a negative charge.

How would you expect the balloons to move?

• there would be no movement

• towards each other

• away from each other

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Why is the balloon attracted to the cat?

• The balloon and the cat's hair have opposite electric charges

• The cat sat in glue

• The balloon is in love with the cat

• The balloon and the cat's hair have the same electric charges

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Will the balloons ATTRACT or REPEL each other?

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Will the balloons ATTRACT or REPEL each other?

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Static electricity can "jump" from the charged object to another object, causing . . .

• static cling (objects sticking together)

• electric discharge (and a shock!)

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When negative charges on a cloud cause positive charges to build up on the ground, what may happen?

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What method of static charging is shown in this picture

• Polarization

• Friction

• Induction

• Conduction

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If an object has more negative charges than positive charges, its electrical charge is...

• positive

• negative

• neutral or no charge

• opposite

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What will happen if these balloons if they are placed together?

• They will attract

• They will repel

• They will neither attract nor repel

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