Examples of Insulators

Examples of conductors

What is a conductor?

What is an insulator?

Identify and describe the types of static charges.

How does the amount of charge and distance of separation affect the force between charges?

How do charged objects interact?

What are the three laws of static charge?

How are static charges distributed on the surface of an object?

How can static charge be detected using an electroscope?

Define acetate.

Define coulomb

Define electron

Define grounding

Define static charge

Define Van de Graaff generator

Compare the position of the leaves while a charged object touches the knob of the electroscope with the position of the leaves when the charged object was removed.

Give the name and charge of the three particle types in an atom

Where are each of the three particles in an atom?

When is an atom uncharged or neutral?

How are solid materials charged?