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Worksheet On Static Electricity

When materials are rubbed together, electrons are transferred from one material to the other through static electricity. This causes one material to become negatively charged and the other positively charged. Conductors cannot hold a static charge as electrons are free to move within them. Insulators are needed for static electricity to build up as electrons cannot easily flow through them. A neutral object can also become charged through induction when brought near a charged object without direct contact.

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Worksheet On Static Electricity

When materials are rubbed together, electrons are transferred from one material to the other through static electricity. This causes one material to become negatively charged and the other positively charged. Conductors cannot hold a static charge as electrons are free to move within them. Insulators are needed for static electricity to build up as electrons cannot easily flow through them. A neutral object can also become charged through induction when brought near a charged object without direct contact.

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Worksheet on Static Electricity

Points to keep in mind:


a. Conductors cannot have static electricity. Static electricity needs an insulator
b. When materials are rubbed against each other, electric charges are not created but only transfers
electrons from one object to the other.
c. Electrons move from high potential to low potential (i.e from high number to low number)
d. A neutral object can be charged by ‘induction’

1. Draw appropriate charges on each material and show the transfer of charges after rubbing.

Balloon Balloon
Cloth
Cloth

Balloon and cloth before rubbing Balloon and cloth after rubbing

2. What happens if the balloon in stage 2 of Question 1 is in contact with a metal strip? Explain.
Metal
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Balloon
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3. Why a PC monitor is covered with dust?

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4. After gaining electrons from the cloth, can the polythene rod attract small pieces of paper?
Explain.
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5. Figure shows a copper rod and a piece of cloth. What happens when you rub the rod with the
cloth? Explain your answer.

Copper
rod .............................................................................

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Cloth
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6. Figure shows two polythene rods under two different situations. Write which pair attracts and
which pair repels. Write the property you used for each case.

+ + ................................ + -
+ + ................................
+ -
+ + Property:......................................... + -
+ + Property:.........................................
+ -
+ + ........................................................ + -
+ + ........................................................
+ -
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(b)
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(a)
7. When you walk across a nylon carpet, you become negatively charged. When you touch a
metal handle you receive a shock. Explain why this happens.

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8. Figure shows objects with charges. Show from which object the electrons flows. State why. In
which of these figures do you get a static electric spark? Draw the spark on the figure.
+ + + - - + -
+ + + - - - -
- + + - - - -
- + - - + - -
- - - - + - -
- - - + + - -

i (a) ii i (b) ii i (c) ii


i (d) ii

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9. Figure shows 2 neutral objects.

A B

a) Draw the induced charges on A and B when a positively charged object is brought near A.

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A B

b) What happens when A and B are separated and the positively charged object is also
removed? Draw the charges on the figure.

A B

c) Name this method of charging and explain.

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