Static Electricity Concepts and Applications

Static Electricity Concepts and Applications

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Physics

6th - 8th Grade

Hard

Created by

Patricia Brown

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The video explains static electricity, its causes, and how it differs from current electricity. It covers electric charges, forces, and fields, and describes methods of charge transfer like friction, conduction, and induction. The use of an electroscope for detecting static electricity is demonstrated. Practical applications, such as the effect of static electricity on hair and safety precautions at gas stations, are discussed.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the primary cause of static electricity?

Movement of atoms

Movement of protons

Movement of electrons

Movement of neutrons

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How do like charges interact with each other?

They form a bond

They have no interaction

They repel each other

They attract each other

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the main difference between static and current electricity?

Static electricity involves stationary electrons

Current electricity involves no movement of electrons

Current electricity involves stationary electrons

Static electricity involves continuous movement of electrons

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which process involves the transfer of charge through direct contact?

Conduction

Radiation

Friction

Induction

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What happens to electrons during induction?

They are permanently transferred

They are temporarily moved

They are destroyed

They are created

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the role of an electroscope?

To store static electricity

To detect static electricity

To generate static electricity

To eliminate static electricity

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why does hair stand up when exposed to static electricity?

Because of repulsion between like charges

Because of gravitational forces

Because of magnetic forces

Because of attraction between opposite charges

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