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Electrostatics
Question | Answer |
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static electricity | electrical charge on the surface of a non-conductor. i.e. it is charge that cannot flow easily |
attract | two unlike charged objects do this |
charge | a property of matter, it exists in two forms (positive and negative) which attract each other |
repel | two like charged objects do this |
conductor | a substance that lets electricity flow through it |
insulator | a substance that does not let electricity flow through it |
electrostatic | to do with electric charges that are not moving |
positive | caused by loss of electrons |
negative | caused by gain of electrons |
electrostatic shock | what a person gets when they are charged and then earthed |