science Review

Static electricity

Caused by the build up of negative charges in one place and positive charges in another. When attraction is strong enough and the particles stream together.

Lightning

Most extreme example of static energy?

Lightning is caused when the iciclyes in a cloud collide and become a positive charge. Then the positive and negative charges collide when their large enough, they flow together and the energy of them moving causes lightning.

How is lightning caused?

Lightning strikes if the ground has a strong opposite charge. If the ground does, the lightning travels through water molecules and touches the ground which is when we see a big flash called lightning!

How does lightning strike?

When you rub your foot against a wool like material and you touch a positively charged object causing you to get shocked.

What’s another example of static electricity?

When you rub your foot against a wool carpet, your body fills up of negative charges and when you touch a positively charged object you usually get shocked and when you get shocked is when you have achieved making static electricity.

How is rubbing your foot against the floor an example of static electricity.

Electricity

Form of energy that comes from atoms.

Neutrons, Protons, and Electrons.

What are the three particles?

inside of the atom’s nucleus.

Where are protons and neutrons?

Outside of the nucleus orbiting around the nucleus.

Where are electrons in an atom?

Neutrons have no charges, Electrons have negative charges, and Protons have positive charges.

What charges do each particle have?

The object has a negative charge

What happens if electrons outnumber the amount of protons?

The object has a positive charge

What happens if protons outnumber the amount of electrons?

They want to become balanced again.

What happens when atoms are unbalanced?

They flow electrons.

To become balanced again, what do atoms do?

Electricity

What is the flow of electrons?

Circuits

Paths water and electrons flow in and the continuous flow of energy.

Resister

An object that allows some electrons to go through it

Metal

What’s an example of a conductor?

conductor

substance or material that allows electricity to flow through

Watt

Amount of volts and amps