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    The document discusses static electricity and how it arises from an imbalance of electric charges. It uses diagrams to show how rubbing certain materials like wool, silk, and balloons leads to a buildup of negative or positive charges on their surfaces. This charge imbalance causes attraction or repulsion with other materials. Conductors cannot build up static charges as their free electrons allow charges to disperse evenly. Insulators trap charges, allowing an imbalance. When two charged objects are brought close together, their excess charges may neutralize through a spark.

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    Static Electricity Detective

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    The document discusses static electricity and how it arises from an imbalance of electric charges. It uses diagrams to show how rubbing certain materials like wool, silk, and balloons leads to a buildup of negative or positive charges on their surfaces. This charge imbalance causes attraction or repulsion with other materials. Conductors cannot build up static charges as their free electrons allow charges to disperse evenly. Insulators trap charges, allowing an imbalance. When two charged objects are brought close together, their excess charges may neutralize through a spark.

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    Static Electricity Activity For Grade 9

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    The document discusses static electricity and how it arises from an imbalance of electric charges. It uses diagrams to show how rubbing certain materials like wool, silk, and balloons leads to a buildup of negative or positive charges on their surfaces. This charge imbalance causes attraction or repulsion with other materials. Conductors cannot build up static charges as their free electrons allow charges to disperse evenly. Insulators trap charges, allowing an imbalance. When two charged objects are brought close together, their excess charges may neutralize through a spark.

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    Static Electricity Detective

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    The document discusses static electricity and how it arises from an imbalance of electric charges. It uses diagrams to show how rubbing certain materials like wool, silk, and balloons leads to a buildup of negative or positive charges on their surfaces. This charge imbalance causes attraction or repulsion with other materials. Conductors cannot build up static charges as their free electrons allow charges to disperse evenly. Insulators trap charges, allowing an imbalance. When two charged objects are brought close together, their excess charges may neutralize through a spark.

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    Static charge detective

    Section A: Use the following diagram to answer the questions.

    1. As you take your clothes out of the 2. You use a plastic comb to comb your
    dryer, your wool socks are clinging to hair. What is the charge on your hair
    your silk skirt. What is the charge on and on the comb?
    the wool socks and on the silk skirt?
    Charge on comb
    Charge on socks ____________________________
    ____________________________
    Charge on skirt Charge on hair
    ____________________________ ____________________________

    3. You use a paper towel to rub off 4. You rub a balloon along your cat’s back,
    some dirt on a glass window. What causing the cat’s fur to stand up. What
    is the charge on the glass and on is the charge on the balloon and on the
    the paper towel? cat’s fur?

    Charge on window Charge on balloon


    __________________________ _____________________________
    Charge on paper towel
    __________________________ Charge on cat’s fur
    _____________________________

    CTION B:
    1) Static electricity needs an insulator
    A balloon is an insulator, this means that electrons are not free to move on its surface.
    They are stuck in one place.

    Balloon and cloth BEFORE being Balloon and cloth AFTER being
    rubbed together rubbed together
    The build-up of negative charges also called _____________ in one place is called static

    electricity. It is called “static” because it does not move around. The negative charges do

    not move around because they are on a balloon which is made of rubber. Because of this

    rubber is known as an _____________.

    2) Conductors cannot have static electricity

    Metal rod and cloth BEFORE being Metal rod and cloth AFTER being rubbed
    rubbed together together

    Metal is a _______________, a substance which lets negative charges (also known as

    ____________) move around freely. Because of this, negative charges do not build up in

    one place, and _________________ electricity cannot be created.

    3) When there is a difference in negative charges, negative charges will move


    The negative charges will jump from the places where there are the most number to where
    there are the least. Complete the following diagrams by adding negative charges
    (electrons) or a static electricity spark:

    a. b.

    c. d.

    Negative charges (or electrons) will always move from where there are the
    (greatest/fewest) number to where there are the (greatest/fewest) number. If there is a
    big enough difference and the two objects are close enough together, this jumping may
    cause a ____________.
    4) POINT FOUR: Static electricity can “induce” a charge in neutral object and cause the
    object to move
    1. 2.

    Draw the normal spread of negative


    charges on this piece of tissue (a
    neutral object)

    Draw the build-up of negative


    3.
    charges on this balloon, AFTER it
    has been rubbed with a cloth

    4.
    Draw the same balloon as in stage
    1. Draw the charges in the tissue
    paper so that all the negative
    charges are far away from the
    negative charges on the balloon. As
    The tissue is now stuck to they get closer together the tissue
    the balloon. Draw the is attracted to the balloon
    charges as they now
    appear.

    When a neutral object is given a temporary charge, this is called _____________. If the
    object with a temporary charge is light enough it can be _____________ towards the object
    that caused the temporary charge.

    For each situation illustrated below, will the objects shown attract or repel each
    other?

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