What is electricity? - Electricity is the flow of tiny particles called electrons
what does the word static mean? - Stay
Rubbing fur on red plastic rod does what? - Builds up a negative charge
How do you stop static cling? - Spray water on the affected area (water absorbs electrical charge)
Where do discharged electrons from the Static Electrical Generator go? - They go to the ground through
a ground wire. The third prong on a electrical plug is a ground wire.
How many lightning bolts hit the ground per second - 50-100
The greek word for amber is ? - Elektron
Where is the safest place during a lightning storm? - In your car. This is because the metal in a car
conducts electricity to the ground (like a ground wire)
Lightning heats the air to ____ - 30,000 degrees celsius and can be 140 kilometers long
When static electricity stops being static it can do what? - Jump from one thing to another
In a Van de Graaf generator ___ charges are deposited on the belt which deposits ___ charges on the
metal ball. ___ charges collect at the bottom of a thundercloud. - 1. negative
2. negative
3. negative
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