Positive vs. Negative
What is the charge of protons?
They're a positive charge.
What is static electricity?
Charged particles are transferred from one body to another.
How is static electricity created?
Rubbing one object against another object.
Electricity is the movement of ___.
The movement of electrons.
Objects with the opposite charge ________________ each other.
attract
What is the electric charge that builds up on the surface of an object?
static electricity
Static electricity results from a(n)___________ of electric charges.
imbalance
What charged particles are able to transfer from surface to surface?
Electrons
What charge are electrons?
They're a negative charge.
True or False: Protons move from surface to surface.
False.
One cause of static electricity.
What is friction?
Which part of atoms cause static electricity?
Electrons cause static electricity.
All matter is made of ____.
Atoms
Objects with the same charge ________________ each other.
repel
Static electricity stays in one place. True or False?
True.
What happens to an atom if it gains an electron?
Atoms that gain electrons become negative.
What is the charge of static electricity?
A formerly neutral object that has just gained some electrons. What is the net charge?
Negative
What charge is an object with more electrons than protons?
negative
What happens to an atom if it loses an electron?
It becomes negative.