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ELECTRIC FIELDS
Third Quarter
Chapter 1
OBJECTIVES
• Describe using a diagram charging by rubbing
and charging by induction
• Explain the role of electron transfer in
electrostatic charging by rubbing
• Describe experiments to show electrostatic
charging by induction
This nighttime view of multiple bolts
of lightning was photographed in
Tucson, Arizona. During a
thunderstorm, a high concentration of
electrical charge in a thundercloud
creates a higher-than-normal electric
field between the thundercloud and
the negatively charged Earth’s
surface.
This strong electric field creates an
electric discharge—an enormous
spark—between the charged cloud
and the ground. Other discharges
observed in the sky include cloud-to-
cloud discharges and the more
frequent intracloud discharges.
ELECTRICITY
is the lifeblood of technological
civilization and modern society.
ELECTRICITY is the lifeblood of technological
civilization and modern society.
Around 700 the ancient Greeks conducted the earliest
B.C.