Electric Charge

Master electric charge and static electricity! This worksheet covers protons, electrons, conductors, insulators, and lightning.

Instructions For today's worksheet, follow along in order. There will be videos for different slides and questions that follow them. The slide video will only show you the section that you should be working on for that part. Slide 1 Label the diagram with the letter from the slides p = protons, n = neutrons, e = electrons p n e The Science of Static Electricity Slide 2 What is one more example of static electricity in your everyday life? Slide 3 Matching Opposite charges Attract Like charges Repel Law of Conservation of Charge Charge cannot be created or destroyed, only transferred; net electric charge is always constant Electric Field Allows charges to act at a distance Electroscope Tool used to detect the presence and magnitude of an electric charge What is the difference between a conductor and an insulator? Matching Conduction Transfer of electrons through direct contact between objects. Friction Transfer of electrons through rubbing objects. Induction Transfer of electrons through electric fields working over a distance. Different Types of Lightning List two types of lightning you did not already know about that you learned about in the video Based on what you learned from the video, what could happen when a person is truck by lightning? Last of the notes... Thursday's lesson will have you practice what you learned in these notes today. Identify three items you learned and rank them in order of most important to least important, according to your opinion.