Week 27 Year 8 Quiz Static Electricity and Battery Answers
Week 27 Year 8 Quiz Static Electricity and Battery Answers
Week 27 Year 8 Quiz Static Electricity and Battery Answers
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4. What will happen to two objects with the opposite static charge?
a. They will repel
b. Nothing
c. They will attract
Year 8 Quiz on Current and Static Electricity
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Negative ion
When there are more Protons than Electrons in an atom, the atom becomes a
Positive ion
8. John Travoltage rubs the rubber soles of his shoes on the wool carpet (see
below). What charge moves, and in which direction does it move?
a. Positive charges move from John to the ground
b. Negative charges move from John to the ground
c. Positive charges move from the ground into John
d. Negative charges move from the ground into John
9. A rubber balloon is rubbed on a wool sweater. What charges move and in which
direction?
a. Negative charges move from the sweater to the balloon
b. Positive charges move from the sweater to the balloon
c. Negative charges move from the balloon to the sweater
d. Positive charges move from the balloon to the sweater
Year 8 Quiz on Current and Static Electricity
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10. In this Van de Graaff generator, a rubber belt rubs against a plastic roller.
Assuming the rubber is going to do the same thing as the balloon and John’s shoes.
Explain what charge will move and where most of the charge will end up (between
the belt and the roller).
Electric charges will move from the plastic roller onto
the rubber belt
A B C D
Year 8 Quiz on Current and Static Electricity
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Molecules in the plastic block change from being neutral and randomly organized to
being ordered and organized so that the positive charges all face toward the negatively
charged rubber balloon.
20. In the Van de Graaff machine in question 10, if the charge being removed by the
rubber belt is being removed from the metal shell on the top of the machine (as
well as the plastic roller), what happens to the charged particles in the metal top
when the Van de Graff generator is turned on and the top starts to become
positive?
a. Electrons move off the metal
b. Protons move onto the metal
c. Electrons move off and protons move on
21. Ruben brings a small plastic ball with a negative charge close to the top of the
Van de Graaff generator.
The ball hangs on a string
Circle the arrow which shows the direction of the
electrostatic force on the ball:
E F G H
31. True or False: Potential energy is the energy stored in a system because of its
state or position.
32. True or False: Atoms’ electrons have energy and the electrons want to flow from
an area of low energy to an area of high energy.
34. Bonus Question: Given this picture of a battery (below) in general, explain how
it works (I’m looking for words like atoms, electrons, wires, etc…). Draw arrows
to show the direction of electron movement.