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2. What is “they have more free electrons” ?
Statics General $100 The reason metals are better conductors than non-metals.
What is “they have more free electrons” ?

3. Statics $200 The charge on a normal atom.
What is “neutral” ?

4. Statics $300 2 rules of charge that states why clothing often sticks together when removed from a dryer.
What is “opposite charges attract, and neutral objects are attracted by charged objects” ?

5. Statics $400 The charge rabbits fur becomes when rubbed on styrofoam .
What is “Positive” ?

6. What is “wall becomes neutral dipolar” ?
Statics $500 This occurs in the atoms of a wall when a charged balloon sticks to the wall.
What is “wall becomes neutral dipolar” ?

7. What is “the leaves repel” ?
Electroscope $100 It’s what happens to the leaves of a neutral electroscope when a positively charged rod is brought near the collecting sphere.
What is “the leaves repel” ?

8. What is “Neutral objects are attracted to charged objects” ?
Electroscope $200 The rule of charge why dust is attracted to a negative rod.
What is “Neutral objects are attracted to charged objects” ?

9. What is “leaves collapse of fall” ?
Electroscope $300 The reaction the leaves have when a positive rod comes near a negative electroscope.
What is “leaves collapse of fall” ?

10. Electroscope $ The charge on the opposite side of an insulated metal ball held near a negative rod
What is “negative”?

11. Electroscope $500 It’s the two materials on the Electrostatic series list that have the greatest separation.
What is “Fur and vinyl” ?

12. Electrophorus $100 It’s the charge on the nucleus of an atom.
What is “positive” ?

13. electrophorus $200 It is the charge on the styrofoam board when an electrophorus has a negative charge at it’s rim.
What is “negative” ?

14. Electrophorus $300 It is the charge needed to make a positive electrophorus neutral.
What is “ Negative”?

15. Electrophorus $400 It is the charge on a glass sheet when an electrophorus has a positive charge at it’s rim.
What is “positive” ?

16. Electrophorus $500 It is the charge that an electrophorus can never be if it was charged on negative styrofoam.
What is “Negative”?

17. What is “to the foil through your thumb”?
Leyden Jar $100 It is where electrons go when a negatively charged leyden jar is discharged using your hand.
What is “to the foil through your thumb”?

18. What is “through your thumb and into the water” ?
Leyden Jar $200 It’s where electrons would go in a positively charged leyden jar that is discharged.
What is “through your thumb and into the water” ?

19. Leyden Jar $300 Name the 3 conductors used to make a leyden jar.
What is “aluminum foil, iron and water” ?

20. Leyden Jar $400 It is how is friction is involved in the charging of the leyden jar.
What is “when you rub the styrofoam with fur to charge the electrophorus” ?

21. Leyden Jar $500 Of these 3, amps , volts or ohms - it is the one, that makes up most of the static charge.
What is “volts” ?

22. Van de graaf $100 The most well known and dangerous examples of a static charge found in nature.
What is “lightning” ?

23. What is “it will not work if the charge is grounded” ?
Van de Graaf $200 It is why a person must stand on an insulator to show the hair raising effects of the Van der Graaf generator.
What is “it will not work if the charge is grounded” ?

24. What is “the earth or ground” ?
Van de Graaf $300 It could be known as “The first National Bank of Electrons”
What is “the earth or ground” ?

25. Van de Graaf $400 An example of static electricity that can reach 100 million volts and 30 thousand amps.
What is “lightning” ?

26. What is “the moisture grounds or absorbs the charge” ?
Van de Graaf $500 It is the reason that statics do not work well in humid weather conditions.
What is “the moisture grounds or absorbs the charge” ?