Questions on Static Electricity

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are two types of charge called

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when rubbing

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a rod can be charged by rubbing it with a duster.

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the charges

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rod with a cloth ...
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Rubbing a polythene rod with a duster causes the rod to become negatively charged.
The picture on the left shows the balanced charges on a rod and duster before rubbing.

After rubbing

Before rubbing

a) where the charges have moved to.

b) the direction the electrons have moved.

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Questions on Static Electricity

Q4

Objects with unbalanced

electric charges will either attract or repel.

Look at each of the pictures and say whether the rods will attract or repel.

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Q5

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rod.

sentences that he wrote about it.

repel
This plastic rod carries
numbers of

overall charge.

It carries

charge and

charge.

The similar charges don't clump together because they

Q6

each other.

A positively charged duster is held close to the rod.

- Draw the new arrangement

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of the charges in the rod.

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Decide if the following statements are true (T) or false

(F) and circle the correct answer.

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