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What is Static Electricity?

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show Opposite charges attract or pull toward each other.  
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How can a plastic ruler get a positive charge?   show
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If you rub a balloon on a wool sweater the balloon will stick to wool. What causes this to happen?   show
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show The area around electric charges where electric forces can act.The space in which electric forces act. Both negative and positive.  
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Electric Charge   show
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Static Electricity   show
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Electricity   show
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Neutral   show
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show to push away from something.  
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show When 1 balloon pulls away.  
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Positively charged   show
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Investigation: What can you infer about the interaction between the car seat, the car door and Nadine when you she gets shocked.   show
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show As the clothes rotate in the dryer, this causes the clothes to rub against each other and the charges move around. The effect is that the clothes will stick together since opposite charges attract each other.  
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show A balloon could become negatively charged by rubbing against a piece of wool.  
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show Negative and positive  
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show The charges repel or push away from each other.  
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How can you separate charges on some objects?   show
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What charges do not move?   show
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What can you infer if you have a piece of wool next to a balloon and nothing happens?   show
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show Negative charges move from the carpet to your bodt. Your body becomes negatively charged. Touching the door knob gave the charges a place to go. They jumped on the door knob in a spark. The charges became balanced again.  
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If 2 charged objects attract each other, what type of charges must they have?   show
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How do you separate charges?   show
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show 1. Both negative and positive. Electric charges have an electric field around them. 2. The push and pull between objects that have different charges. 3. An electric force is caused by the electric by field around the charge.  
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