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Chem Unit 7 I Get a Charge Summary

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This is a review of static charges and the activities with the static sticks.

Feel the force! This is a lab-tivity that will attract your interest!

Please investigate forces using the apparatus and links provided as well as the Wayground and PhET activity with the sweater and balloons.

https://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/estatics/Lesson-1/Charge-Interactions

https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/balloons-and-static-electricity/latest/balloons-and-static-electricity_all.html
Question 1
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Balloons
Inflate then investigate the balloons using
  • hair and clothes
  • light stream of water from faucet
  • paper dots
  • paper roll
In the Show Your Work box, include 2 pictures of your work. (2pts)

In the answer box, please type a few sentences or list the interactions of the balloons. (3pts)

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Question 2
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Static Tube
List 3 things you learned or noticed while investigating the static tube.
Add a photograph of a piece of fabric either attracting to or repelling from the tube.

Question 3
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Question 5
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Question 6
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Question 7
7.

Why do opposite charges attract?

Question 8
8.

Electrostatic force develops when ...

Question 9
9.

Please insert a screenshot from the PhET / Wayground balloon and sweater activity that shows the balloon stuck to the wall.

https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/balloons-and-static-electricity/latest/balloons-and-static-electricity_all.html

Question 10
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Can water molecules be influenced by electrostatic force?
Insert a photograph that supports your answer choice.

Question 11
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If these negatively charged objects could move on their own, what would they do?

Question 3
3.

The word electricity is derived from what?

Question 4
4.

Electrostatic forces from charges are always attractive forces just as gravity is always an attractive force.

Question 5
5.

What happens to the strength of the force between charged objects as they get closer to each other?

Question 6
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Why are the types of charges called positive and negative?

They would move closer together to neutralize the charge.