Charges
Charging
Moving Charges
Static Electricity
Lightning
100
A charge is what type of property?
What is a physical property
100
Since atoms have the same number of protons as electrons, atoms have what charge?
What is no charge
100
A material in which charges easily move.
What is an electric conductor
100
What is the definition of static electricity?
What is the electric charge at rest on an object
100
Lightning forms by.....
What is the negative charge in the clouds rushing towards the positive charge at the ground
200
What does a charged object exert on other charged objects?
What is a force
200
For an atom to become charged it has to......
What is lose protons or electrons
200
Most wires are made of this material, which is a very good conductor.
What is metal
200
What does the word static mean?
What is it is not moving
200
In an area, what point does lightning usually strike?
What is the highest point in the area
300
States that like charged objects repel each other, and opposite charged objects attract each other.
What is the law of electric charges
300
Charging when electrons are "wiped" from one object to another is what kind of charging?
What is charging by friction
300
A material in which charges cannot move easily.
What is an electric insulator
300
The loss of static electricity is called....
What is static discharge
300
Why does lightning normally hit the highest point in the area?
What is it is the shortest path to the ground
400
What has a positive charge?
What is a proton
400
Charging when electrons move from one object to another by direct contact.
What is charging by conduction
400
Reason charges can't travel through insulators very well.
What is the electrons can't flow freely
400
When static discharge happens quickly, it can cause what?
What is a flash of light, a shock, or crackling noise
400
What is a pointed rod that is connected to the ground by a wire?
What is a lightning rod
500
What has a negative charge?
What is an electron
500
When charges in an uncharged metal object are rearranged without direct contact with a charged object.
What is charging by induction
500
What materials are good insulators? Get one and the answer is correct.
What is plastic, rubber, glass, wood, and air
500
When static discharge happens, what charge leaves your body?
What are negative charges
500
Objects that joined to Earth by a conductor are what?
What is they are grounded
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