1. What is Static Electricity?

2. What is Static Electricity?
Electric Charge: a negative or positive charge that exerts an electric force.

3. What is Static Electricity?
Electric Charge: a negative or positive charge that exerts an electric force.
How to make an electric charge?
-electrons can be added or removed from atoms fairly easily

4. What is Static Electricity?
Electric Charge: a negative or positive charge that exerts an electric force.
How to make an electric charge?
-electrons can be added or removed from atoms fairly easily
Remove electrons: substance becomes positive

5. What is Static Electricity?
Electric Charge: a negative or positive charge that exerts an electric force.
How to make an electric charge?
-electrons can be added or removed from atoms fairly easily
Remove electrons: substance becomes positive
Add electrons: substance becomes negative

6. What is Static Electricity?
We don't draw atoms, just "+" and "–" to illustrate the overall charges

7. What is Static Electricity?
We don't draw atoms, just "+" and "–" to illustrate the overall charges
e.g. a neutral object
5 +
5 -
overall charge 0

8. What is Static Electricity?
We don't draw atoms, just "+" and "–" to illustrate the overall charges
e.g. a positive object
5 +
3 -
overall charge 2+

9. What is Static Electricity?
We don't draw atoms, just "+" and "–" to illustrate the overall charges
e.g. a negative object
5 +
8 -
overall charge 3 -

10. What is Static Electricity?
Static Electricity: an imbalance of electric charge on the surface of an object.

11. What is Static Electricity?
Law of Electric Charges:

12. What is Static Electricity?
Law of Electric Charges:
1. Opposite charges attract

13. What is Static Electricity?
Law of Electric Charges:
1. Opposite charges attract
2. Like charges repel

14. What is Static Electricity?
Law of Electric Charges:
1. Opposite charges attract
2. Like charges repel
3. Charged objects attract neutral objects