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Static Electricity Worksheet

The document is about static electricity. It provides information about the charges within atoms and how rubbing two insulating objects together can cause a transfer of electrons between the objects. When one object gains electrons it becomes negatively charged, and when the other loses electrons it becomes positively charged, resulting in the two objects having equal but opposite charges. The document then has questions to test understanding, including labeling the charges on objects and describing the movement of charged particles.

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Static Electricity Worksheet

The document is about static electricity. It provides information about the charges within atoms and how rubbing two insulating objects together can cause a transfer of electrons between the objects. When one object gains electrons it becomes negatively charged, and when the other loses electrons it becomes positively charged, resulting in the two objects having equal but opposite charges. The document then has questions to test understanding, including labeling the charges on objects and describing the movement of charged particles.

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Name: Class: Date given:

Date due in:

Static Electricity
1. Use the words from the box to complete the gaps in the paragraph below. [13]

atoms negative

friction equal loses

move insulating positive

electrons oppopsite protons

gains fixed

contain charges and charges. The positive


charges are called . The negative charges are called . Electrons
can , however the positive charges are .

If two objects are rubbed together the force of can


cause the electrons to be scraped off one object and left on the other object.

The object which electrons becomes negatively charged. The object which

electrons becomes positively charged. The two objects will have ,


but charges.

Rubbing a plastic rod with a cloth causes electrons to move from the cloth to the rod.

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Static Electricity

2. Label the charges on the cloth and the rod using a + for a positive charge and a – for a negative
charge. [2]

3. Draw arrows between the pairs of particles to show which way they will move when they are
within their electric fields. [3]

a.

b.

c.

4. Describe the movement of charged particles, as you have labelled in question 3. [2]

Learning Outcomes (tick if achieved)

Q1 I can describe an atom in terms of charged particles


Q2 I can identify where positive and negative charges occur
Q3 I can describe the behaviour of charged particles

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Static Electricity Answers
1. Use the words from the box to complete the gaps in the paragraph below. [13]

ATOMS contain POSITIVE charges and NEGATIVE charges. The positive charges are called
PROTONS. The negative charges are called ELECTRONS. Electrons can MOVE, however the positive
charges are FIXED.

If two INSULATING objects are rubbed together the force of FRICTION can cause the electrons to be
scraped off one object and left on the other object.

The object which GAINS electrons becomes negatively charged. The object which LOSES electrons
becomes positively charged. The two objects will have EQUAL, but OPPOSITE charges.

2. Label the charges on the cloth and the rod using a + for a positive charge and a – for a negative
charge. [2]

3. Draw arrows between the pairs of particles to show which way they will move when they are
within their electric fields. [3]

4. Describe the movement of charged particles, as you have labelled in question 3. [2]

opposite charges attract

same/like charges repel

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