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This informative piece explores the occurrence of static electricity, debunking common misconceptions about energy types and atomic charges. Learn about static electricity phenomena through engaging illustrations and explanations.
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Static Electricity By: Brianna Shields April 27, 2005
DO NOW • 1. Which of the 5 main types of energy is released when food is digested? • 2. A child seated at the top of a slide has what type of energy (kinetic or potential)? • 3. Speaking to a crowd requires which of the 5 main types of energy?
GOAL • To explain the occurrence of static electricity
Review: Find the fiction • Electromagnetic energy is the movement of electrical charges • Chemical energy is the splitting of the atom’s nucleus • Heat energy is warmth created when particles rub quickly together
Review: Find the fiction • Electromagnetic energy is the movement of electrical charges • Chemical energy is the splitting of the atom’s nucleus- FALSE • Heat energy is warmth created when particles rub quickly together
Review: Find the fiction • Chemical energy is the breaking and releasing of bonds between atoms • Electromagnetic energy is the movement of proton particles • Nuclear energy is created by the splitting of an atom’s nucleus
Review: Find the fiction • Chemical energy is the breaking and releasing of bonds between atoms • Electromagnetic energy is the movement of proton particles- FALSE • Nuclear energy is created by the splitting of an atom’s nucleus
Review: Find the fiction • Sound is a type of electromagnetic energy • Light is a type of electromagnetic energy • X rays are a type of electromagnetic energy
Review: Find the fiction • Sound is a type of electromagnetic energy- FALSE • Light is a type of electromagnetic energy • X rays are a type of electromagnetic energy
Review: Find the fiction • Digestion is a type of chemical energy • Rainbows are a type of mechanical energy • Sound is a type of mechanical energy
Review: Find the fiction • Digestion is a type of chemical energy • Rainbows are a type of mechanical energy- FALSE • Sound is a type of mechanical energy
Review: Find the fiction • Chemical energy creates warmth when particles rub together quickly • Mechanical energy is used by moving objects • Electromagnetic energy involves the movement of negative electrons
Review: Find the fiction • Chemical energy creates warmth when particles rub together quickly- FALSE • Mechanical energy is used by moving objects • Electromagnetic energy involves the movement of negative electrons
Review: Find the fiction • Photosynthesis involves chemical energy • Digestion involves chemical energy • Sound involves chemical energy
Review: Find the fiction • Photosynthesis involves chemical energy • Digestion involves chemical energy • Sound involves chemical energy- FALSE
Review: Find the fiction • Rubbing your hands together involves both mechanical and heat energy • Using a blow dryer involves both electromagnetic and heat energy • Listening to the radio involves both electromagnetic and chemical energy
Review: Find the fiction • Rubbing your hands together involves both mechanical and heat energy • Using a blow dryer involves both electromagnetic and heat energy • Listening to the radio involves both electromagnetic and chemical energy- FALSE
Proton Neutron Electron Positive (P+) Found in the nucleus Neutral (N) Found in the nucleus Negative (e-) Found zipping around outside the nucleus Atom Review
How do atoms become charged? • Draw a sketch of 2 atoms being rubbed together- how do they become charged????
Charged atoms Extra electrons = negatively charged object/atom Missing electrons = positively charged object/atom Atom Review
Subatomic Particle Rules Opposite charges attract Proton-electron Like charges repel Electron-electron Proton-proton Atom Review
Static Electricity The accumulation of extra negative electrical charges on an object Only electrons are transferred (not protons) Atom Review
Static Electricity Video Questions • Explain why your hair becomes attracted to a balloon once it’s been rubbed on your head
For each of the following static electricity examples you must do the following: • 1. Draw a picture • 2. Accompany it with an explanation
Scenario 1: If you shuffle your feet on the carpet, then reach out to touch a metal door knob, you receive a shock by a spark • Rubbing disturbs the atoms • Electrons rubbed off carpet and onto your feet • Shoe has extra e’s (negative chg) • Rug is missing e’s (positive chg) • Extra electrons from the shoe are transferred to the doorknob in the form of an electrical spark
Scenario 2: Clothing sometimes clings together upon removal from the dryer- Why? • Electrons rub off clothes and stick to others • Some items get a negative charge • These clothes are attracted to the ones with a positive charge (clothes missing electrons).
Scenario 3: Charging by Induction- charged object and neutral object attract when atoms in neutral object rearrange their protons and electrons • Rub a balloon w/ a cloth to charge it, it accumulates extra negatives on it • Bring it close to a wall and it rearranges the atoms on the wall • It pulls protons closer and pushing electrons away
Scenario 4: Bending Water • Charge the rod, bring it close to water • It rearranges the electrons in the water causing the protons to be attracted to the negative rod
Scenario 5: A shocking experience • Rub the balloon on a wool shirt • Bring the balloon near you hair and it attracts the hair • The electrons on the balloon attract the protons in the hair through charging by induction
Scenario 6: Pumping Gas • Rubbing against car upholstery, talking on the cell phone can generate static electricity • If the electrons are not discharged by touching a non-hazardous metal object (like a car door) they may be a potential fire risk while pumping gas
Scenario 7: Bandaids and Certs • Plastic Cur-aid bandaids will “spark” when you rip the white tabs off quickly as electrons are stripped and transferred • Snapping or quickly biting into wintergreen or peppermint certs mints can cause a spark of electrons
Scenario 8: Van de Graff Generator • This apparatus generates electrons as the belt spins • Electrons are free to pass through the metal sphere • It is grounded with a metal wand protected by a plastic handle, hooked into the faucet • Anyone touching the generator also gathers electrons, when you remove your hands you get a big shock
Scenario 9: Lightning • The accumulation of negative charge in clouds • Electrons transfer to positively charged ground to even out the charge • Produces electrical spark known as lightning
Conductor Allows electricity (electrons) to easily pass through it Ex: Metals Atom Review
Insulator Provides resistance to electron flow (blocks it or slows it down) Ex: rubber, wood, plastic, glass Atom Review