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Sarah Madukayil - Bill Nye Static Electricity Worksheet

1. Static electricity is caused by an imbalance or build up of electrons on surfaces. As feet rub on carpet, electrons build up causing a static charge. 2. Oppositely charged objects attract, while water absorbs excess electric charge and stops static cling by providing a path for electrons to discharge to the ground. 3. Lightning rods, ground wires, and ensuring the safest place during storms is inside a car help dissipate built up electric charges and redirect them safely to the ground.

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Sarah Madukayil - Bill Nye Static Electricity Worksheet

1. Static electricity is caused by an imbalance or build up of electrons on surfaces. As feet rub on carpet, electrons build up causing a static charge. 2. Oppositely charged objects attract, while water absorbs excess electric charge and stops static cling by providing a path for electrons to discharge to the ground. 3. Lightning rods, ground wires, and ensuring the safest place during storms is inside a car help dissipate built up electric charges and redirect them safely to the ground.

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Name________________

Bill Nye- Static Electricity Video Quiz

stay
1. Static is from a word that means ___________________.
electrons
2. As you rub your feet on the carpet, ___________________ build up on
you or the carpet so there is a static charge.
3. Opposites _____________________!!
attract
4. Water absorbs the ________________
electric charge
________________ and stops static
cling.
5. Consider the following… Where do the electrons go when we
discharge them? Into _____________________________.
the ground
6. The 3rd prong on electrical plugs- that is the
______________________________
ground wire lets extra electrons get to and from
the ground.
7. The Space Needle has 24 _____________________________
lightning rods so that if
lightning strikes the electrical charge will be transferred to the
ground.
8. A comb can build up an electrical charge and then the extra
electrons pull and cause the ________________
water to bend.
safest
9. The _____________ place to be during a lightning storm is in your
_______________.
car
hot
10. When _____________air cool
smacks into _____________ air, that makes
thunder.
11. The artist sends miniature lightning rods into the wet
paint
______________ on the glass.
12. Static electricity isn’t always _______________,
static doesn’t always stay in
jumps
one place- sometimes it _______________ from one thing to another.

hot cool electric charge attract ground wire

safest car stay water static jumps

the ground paint electrons lightning rods

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