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Static Electricity
What is Static Electricity
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Science
8th Grade
01/11/2010

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Static Electricity
Definition
Build up of charges on an object.
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Electrical Charge
Definition
a property of electrons and protons
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Electric Field
Definition
Field around
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Attract
Definition
come together
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Repel
Definition
push apart
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Electroscope
Definition
instrument used to detect (find) charges
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Conductor
Definition
material that lets an electric current go through
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Insulator
Definition
material that does not let an electric current through
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discharge
Definition
to release
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Proton
Definition
positive charge particle
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Neutron
Definition
NO electrical charge
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Electron
Definition
negatively charged particle
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Van de Graaff generator
Definition

charge generator

creates a charge

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3 methods of how charges are transferred
Definition

Induction

 

Conduction

 

Friction

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What causes lighting?
Definition

happens during a thunderstorm

water droplets become electrically charged

electrons "jump" and create strong spark

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