Electricity 1 - Static Electricity
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10th Grade
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John Oglesby
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10 Slides • 12 Questions
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Building Electric Charges
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The atoms receiving extra electrons are now negatively charged
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Electric Charges Build Up (Friction causes electrons to build up on an object)
Then JUMP (ZAP)!
The JUMP is called Static Discharge
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Hair Stands Up
All hairs have extra negative electrons and push apart from each other causing hair to stand (likes repel)
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Anywhere electric charge build up.
Natural electricity
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Shocks
Build Up of Electrons on You Suddenly JUMP to a Metal
Static Discharge
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Static Cling
One object has a negative electric charge (gained electrons), one object has a positive electric charge (lost electrons) - Opposites Attract
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Multiple Choice
When friction between two objects causes electrons to build up on one object it is called
electric charge
electric force
electric drive
gravity
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Multiple Choice
When electrons suddenly jump from the object they have built up on that is called static discharge.
True
False
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Multiple Choice
Static electricity is the _______________ form of electricity.
human-harnessed (man-made)
natural
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Multiple Choice
Where does static electricity happen?
where there are electrical wires
anywhere electric charges build up
only in outer space
underground
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Multiple Choice
Lightning can only travel from the sky to the ground.
True
False
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Multiple Choice
Lightning happens when there is
static discharge
static distancing
electric fencing
not enough electric charge
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Multiple Choice
On dry, winter days, you feel a shock when
extra neutrons jump off your body onto a metal object
extra electrons jump off your body onto a metal object
extra protons jump off your body onto a metal object
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Multiple Select
Click all that are examples of getting an electric shock from static electricity.
person shocking another person by touching them
person getting shocked by touching metal frame as they are getting off a trampoline
person getting shocked by grabbing an electric fence
person getting shocked by holding a live electrical wire
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Multiple Choice
Electric force causes electrically charged objects with opposite charges to
attract
repel
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Multiple Choice
All examples of static cling happen in a clothes dryer.
True
False
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Multiple Choice
In order for static electricity to cause your hair to stand up, your hairs must all have the
same charge
different charges
no charge at all
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Multiple Select
Which of these activities could cause static electricity to make your hair stand up?
jumping on trampoline
sliding down a slide
pulling a sweater over your head
touching a Van de Graaff generator
Building Electric Charges
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