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Question 1

what is lightning

Answer 1

negative charge moving towards a positive charge

Question 2

what are the stages of lightning

Answer 2

electrons and protons rearrange in the cloud due to too many electrons and the attraction towards the ground (positive charge). the electrons move towards the clouds and are released from the cloud in a strike of lightning

Question 3

conductors

Answer 3

materials that allow electrons to move easily. copper and metals

Question 4

insulators

Answer 4

materials that do not allow electrons to move easily. wood and rubber

Question 5

semiconductors

Answer 5

materials that can sometimes be insulator or conductor. silicon

Question 6

friction

Answer 6

rubbing two objects together to cause a transfer of electrons.

Question 7

conduction

Answer 7

touching two object together to transfer electrons

Question 8

induction

Answer 8

charged object comes close to another object rearranging electrons

Question 9

grounding

Answer 9

connecting a charged object to the earths surface, creating a path for charges to travel to and from the earth

Question 10

protons

Answer 10

positive atomic particles. inside the nucleus

Question 11

electrons

Answer 11

negatively charged atomic particles. outside the nucleus

Question 12

neutrons

Answer 12

an atom containing equal amounts of positive and negative charge. inside the nucleus

Question 13

neutral atom

Answer 13

not net charge, positive and negative charges are balanced

Question 14

cation

Answer 14

positive net charge

Question 15

anion

Answer 15

negative net charge

Question 16

electron affinity

Answer 16

the tendency of a substance to hold onto electrons. turbo electric series allows us to predict the type of charge an object will possess/receive

Question 17

balloon example of static

Answer 17

• wall and balloon are both neutral
• rubbing the balloon an your head/human hair causes the electrons from the hair to transfer to the balloon. turning the balloon negatively charged and the hair positively charged.
• move the balloon towards the wall and induction will occur and the positive charges will move towards the balloon
• the surface of the walls will APPEAR positive
• the balloon will attract to the wall and stick. opposite charges attract

Question 18

carpet on foot example

Answer 18

an electrical static discharge occurs, which is the passing of an electric current through the air from one negatively charged object to a positively charged object