Static Electricity
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| Element | A substance that contains all of the same atoms |
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| Attraction |
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| Repulsion |
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| Electric field | A region around a charged object where the objects electric force is exerted on other charged objects |
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| Electricity | The interaction between electric charges |
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| Static electricity | The build up of charges on an object |
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| Electrical discharge | The loss of static electricity as electric charges transfer from one object to another |
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| Electroscope | An instrument that can detect an electric charge |
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| Particle Protons Neutrons Electrons | location in the atom in the nucleus in the nucleus in the outside shell | charge
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| What is the rule that all charges behave according to | the rule that all charges behave according to is that opposites attract |
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| Method friction induction conduction | Example rubbing an object on your hair rubbing an object on your hair and then holding the object to the wall rubbing a rod in a wool cloth and then touching the knob with the rod |
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| Explain why a persons hair rises when their hands are placed on a Van de Graff generator | a persons hair rises when their hands are placed on a Van de Graff generator because the generator creates a huge build up of static electrical charge on the shiny metal dome |
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| Explain why the metal leaves in an electroscope separate when the metal ball is touched by a charged rod | the metal leaves in an electroscope separate when the metal ball is touched by a charged rod because when you charge a rod and then you touch the metal ball the negative charge will transfer from the rod to the metal leaves to make the leaves split |
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| What is lightning? What is thunder? Explain how lightning can strike something on the ground | Lightning is an example of a huge spark of static electricity. Thunder is a loud rumbling or crash |
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| Atom | The smallest particle of an element that still has the properties of that element |
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