Charges
An object that is considered neutral has _________ charges.
What is equal?
Electrons build up on the surface of this type of object but do not flow through the object easily
What is an insulator?
Two objects will repel when they have
What are the same charges?
When you rub two insulators together, the __________ charges will move from one object to the other
What is negative?
Some materials are known for being good conductors, they are
What are metals?
Between any two charged objects we have an invisible ___________ ___________
What is an electric field?
Two objects with opposite charges will
What is attract?
An object that charges flow through easily
What is a conductor?
Vectors show both the strength and ________ of an electric field
What is direction?
When rubbing rabbit fur on styrofoam, the negative charges move to the ___________.
What is the surface?
During our labs, when rubbing wool on both a metal apparatus and a plastic apparatus, which transfers their charge to the tinsel?
What is the metal apparatus?
Scientists use these for explaining observations and making predictions
What is a model?
This scale is used to determine how accepting of electrons an object will be.
What is the tribolectric series?
A conductor that has excess charges will transfer it's negative charges when brought close to another conductor through this process
What is electrical discharge?
_____________ shows how something works in a model
What is a mechanism?