Neutron | Proton | Electron | Positive Charges | Negative Charges |
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What is matter?
Anything that has mass and takes up space.
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What is a positive charge?
One of two types of electrical charges. (+)
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What is repel?
To go away from; like poles will NOT attract
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What is in the ground?
Electricity eventually goes here.
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What is 20%?
The percentage of upward lightning strikes.
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What is static electricity?
The buildup of electrical charges on an object.
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What is a negative charge?
One type of electrical charge (-)
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What is attract?
To go towards; unlike poles will attract
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What is lightning?
The discharge from a cloud to the ground.
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What is in a building or shelter?
The safest place to be in a lightning storm.
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What is a proton?
A particle in the nucleus of an atom that carries one unit of POSITIVE charge
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What is friction?
The resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another.
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What is an insulator?
A material does not carry electrons.
Ex: rubber, glass |
What is upward lightning?
The discharge from the ground to the cloud.
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What is the electrons move slowly because wood is an insulator?
The reason you don't get shocked when you touch the wood part of a door.
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What is a neutron?
A particle in the nuclues of an atom that has NO electric charge.
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What is electric charge?
The quantity of unbalanced electrcity in a body.
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What is a conductor?
A material that does conduct electrons.
Ex: metal, water |
What is the highest point?
Lightning strikes occur here.
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What is a plasma ball?
The object that has a vacuum and emits an electrical charge.
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What is an electron?
A particle in the space outside the nucleus of atom that carries one unit of NEGATIVE charge.
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What is electrical discharge?
The movement of static electricity from one object to another.
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What is amber?
The Greek word for electricity.
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What is 5 times greater?
How much hotter lightning is than the sun.
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Who is Van de Graaf?
The man who invented the generator seen on Bill Nye.
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