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Therese of the Child Jesus Academy
22 Adante St., Tañong, Malabon City, Metro Manila Philippines
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
General Physics 2
Jhianna Maurine Dianzon Mr. Karlo Calanog
12- General Academic Strand Date: _____________
Give and Take
Objectives
Demonstrate how to charge objects with static electricity.
Demonstrate attraction and repulsion between charges.
Materials
a plastic comb
Two small inflated round balloons
Several tiny pieces of paper
A piece of thread
Two glass rods or plastic rods
A piece of nylon or silk cloth
Two hard rubber rods
A piece of nylon or silk cloth
Two hard rubber rods
A piece of wool or fur
A can if cooking oil
Estimated time: 60 minutes
Procedure
A. Processes of Charging
1. Rub a plastic comb several times on your hair.
2. Touch a small inflated balloon with the comb. Observe what happens.
3. Rub the comb again on your hair.
4. Place it near tiny pieces of paper without touching them. Observe what happens.
5 Record all your observations in table 1.
Observations
Comb to hair
Comb to balloon
Comb to paper
St. Therese of the Child Jesus Academy
22 Adante St., Tañong, Malabon City, Metro Manila Philippines
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
General Physics 2
Jhianna Maurine Dianzon Mr. Karlo Calanog
12- General Academic Strand Date: _____________
B. Attraction and Repulsion
1. Tie one end of a piece of thread to a horizontal fixed support. Make a knot at the other end of
the thread, large enough so that the glass rod can be inserted through it without falling and can
be free to rotate.
2. Rub briskly two glass rods for five minutes on a piece of nylon or silk. Insert one of these rods
through the knot on the thread.
3. Bring the other rod near the suspended rod (a). Observe what happens.
4. Remove the glass rod from the thread.
5. Repeat Steps 1 to 4 using rubber rods and wool or fur (b).
6. Repeat step 1. Rub a glass rod on silk and a rubber rod on wool for five minutes. Insert the glass
rod through the knot in the thread.
7. Bring the rubber rod near the suspended glass rod (c).Observe what happens.
8. Record all your observations in table 2.
Object Suspended Object Observations
Glass rod rubbed on nylon or Glass rod rubbed on nylon or
silk. silk.
Rubber rod rubbed on wool or Rubber rod rubbed on wool or
fur fur
Rubber rod rubbed on wool or Rubber rod rubbed on wool or
fur fur
C. Polarization
1. Charge a glass rod by rubbing it briskly for five minutes on a piece of nylon or silk cloth
2. Turn on the faucet in such a way that the water flows in a small but continues stream
3. Bring the rod near the water stream. Observe what happens.
4. Punch two small holes opposite each other on a can of cooking oil.
5. Charge a glass rod by rubbing it briskly for five minutes on a piece of nylon or silk cloth.
6. Tip the can of cooking oil in such a way that the oil will make a small but continues stream.
7. Bring the rods near the oil stream. Observe what happens.
8. Record all your observation.
St. Therese of the Child Jesus Academy
22 Adante St., Tañong, Malabon City, Metro Manila Philippines
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
General Physics 2
Jhianna Maurine Dianzon Mr. Karlo Calanog
12- General Academic Strand Date: _____________
Post laboratory Questions
1. What are the different processes of charging? How are these processes demonstrated in
the activity?
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2. How would you explain the results you obtained in part b based on triboelectric series?
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3. Did you get similar results for water and oil in Part C of this activity? What can be a
possible reason for these results?
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