MATH AND SCIENCE STATIC ELECTRICITY

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A LIGHTNING bolt has an average of about?

15million volts

Atoms that gain electrons are called_____ charged and atoms that lose electrons are called ______charged?

negatively and positively

STATIC ELECTRICITY can harm?

Electronic equipment

LIGHTNING Rods work?

By providing an easy path to ground for current flow

LIGHTNING can transfer from?

Cloud to ground and ground to cloud.

Current always flows from negative to positive this is known at which theory?

ELECTRON FLOW

The best example of static electricity in nature is?

LIGHTNING

STATIC charge can be?

Positive or negative

STATIC ELECTRICITY can be used for?

Spray painting

Once the unbalanced atoms exchange ELECTRONS and return to their normal state?

The charge is lost


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