static charge

Question 1

Static Electricity

Answer 1

Electricity that stays in one place

Question 2

Current electricity

Answer 2

Moving electricity

Question 3

How can an atom become charged?

Answer 3

Gaining or losing electrons

Question 4

Insulators

Answer 4

Any material that prevents the charges to move freely… ex; rubber,plastic,glass,wood

Question 5

Conductors

Answer 5

Any material that allows charges to move freely… ex; metals

Question 6

Coulomb

Answer 6

Unit of charge

Question 7

Grounding

Answer 7

Connecting electricity with the ground so that it can disperse

Question 8

Force

Answer 8

A push or pull on an object

Question 9

Electric force

Answer 9

A push or pull between charged objects, can be applied without contact (action-at-a-distance)

Question 10

what are the 3 laws of attraction?

Answer 10

1. Opposite charges attract
2. Like charges repel
3. Charged objects attract neutral

Question 11

Charging by conduction

Answer 11

Creating a charge in an object by direct transfer of electrons (contact)

Question 12

Charging by induction

Answer 12

Occurs when an electric charge develops on an object due to the presence of a nearby object (no contact)

Question 13

Acetate charge

Answer 13

Positive

Question 14

Vinyl charge

Answer 14

Negative

Question 15

Metre stick charge

Answer 15

Neutral