Static Electricity

Positive (+),



Negative (-), or



No charge at all (neutral).

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• A measure of the extra positive or negative particles that an object has.

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• The charge that stays on an object. Static means, "not moving."

Negative (-)

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• The push or pull between objects.

The electric force causes two objects with opposite charges to attract (or pull) each other.

The electric force also causes towo objects with like charges to repel (or push away) each other.

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• The space where electric forces occur around an object.

The electric field of a positive charge attracts a nearby negative charge. The electric field of a positive charge repels a nearby positive charge.

Objects become electrically charged when they gain or lose negative charges...

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--->A charge causes an electric field around an object.




--->The electric fields of charged objects interact to produce electric forces.






Electric forces:

Objects with unlike charges attract each other.

• Objects with like charges repel each other.
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