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Grade 6 · Science · Unit 1 of 9

Static Electricity

Charges that attract and repel

What your child practises

How rubbing moves electrons, why like charges repel and opposite charges attract, static sparks and lightning, and how static differs from current electricity.

Nova Scotia Curriculum learning outcome: Physical Science: Electricity · static electricity

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    A plastic comb rubbed on wool picks up small bits of paper. Why?

    • The paper is heavy
    • The charged comb attracts the neutral paper
    • The comb is magnetic

  2. Question 2

    Which tiny particles move when objects become charged by rubbing?

    • Atoms of gas
    • Electrons
    • Protons

  3. Question 3

    What happens when a negatively charged object is brought near a positively charged one?

    • They both become neutral without moving
    • They repel each other
    • They attract each other

  4. Question 4

    What happens when two objects with the same type of charge are brought close together?

    • They repel each other
    • Nothing ever happens
    • They attract each other

  5. Question 5

    How is lightning related to static electricity?

    • It is not electrical
    • It is a huge static discharge between clouds and the ground
    • It is a current flowing in a circuit

  6. Question 6

    What is the main difference between current electricity and static electricity?

    • Current electricity is not made of electrons
    • Current electricity flows continuously, but static charge stays in one place until discharged
    • Static electricity is stronger

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