STATIC ELECTRICITY

Tick () the most appropriate answer.

1. When an ebonite rod is rubbed with fur, the charge acquired by the fur is: (a)
negative(b) positive(c) both positive and negative(d) none of these
2. When a negatively charged body is brought near a suspended positively charged
ball, the ball gets: (a) attracted (b) repelled(c) stay at same place
(d) none of
these
3.Aluminium metal is a:(a) good conductor of electricity(b) magnetic substance(c)
bad conductor of electricity
(d) bad conductor of heat
4.A positively charged body has:(a) excess of electrons (b) deficiency of electrons
(c) no change in number of electrons (d) none of these
5. When an uncharged conductor gets electrically charged when brought near a
charged body the process is called (a) conduction (b) convection (c) induction (d)
none of these
6. When a glass rod is rubbed with silk, both glass rod and silk : (a) acquire equal
and similar charges (b) acquire equal and opposite charges (c) acquire unequal and
similar charges (d) acquire unequal and opposite charges
Fill in the blanks.
1. Cats skin acquires __________ charge, when rubbed with eboniterod, because
its electrons are transferred to __________ rod.
2. Similar charges ____________ each other, whereas opposite charges _________
each other.
3. It is ______________ electrons in the outermost ______________ of an atom,
which are responsible for electrification.
4. When a negatively charged body is placed in contact with the _____________
charged disc of G.L.E. its ___________ diverge.
5. In an atom number of ___________ is equal to number of electrons.
6. An uncharged insulator can be charged by _______________ with another body.
7. An uncharged conductor can be charged by ______________.
8. ______________ is the surest test of electrification.
9. A G.L.E. can be charged ________________ by touching a charged glass rod with
its cap.
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10.

A negatively charged body has ______________ of electrons.

11.
The process of charging objects like glass and amber is known as
___________.
12.

Ebonite rod acquires ______________ charge when rubbed with wool.

13.

A body which has lost electrons becomes ______________.

14.
______________ is an instrument used for testing whether a body is
charged or not.
15.

_____________ is a device that protects buildings from a lightning strike.

16.
______________ is used in the chimneys of factories to prevent air
pollution.
17.
A glass rod is rubbed with silk, the charge on the glass rod is
____________ and the charge on the silk is _____________ .
18.
An ebonite rod is rubbed with fur. The charge on the ebonite rod is
___________ and the charge on the fur is ______________.
Give reasons for the following.
1. When you touch the metal disc of an electroscope with a charged glass rod
the metal leaves diverge.
2. One should not use an umbrella while crossing an open field in a
thunderstorm.
3. In an electroscope the disc, the connecting rod and the leaves are all made of
metal.
4. The metal wires in the bottom part of the electroscope are earthed
5. The diverging leaves of a charged electroscope collapse, the moment you
touch the disc of the electroscope with your finger.
State the difference between the following.
1. Proton and electron.
2. The charge carried by a glass rod rubbed with silk and charge carried by
ebonite rod rubbed with fur.
3. Like charges and unlike charges.
4. Static electricity and current electricity.

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5. Conductors and insulators.

B Why does a glass rod get positively charged, when rubbed with silk? Explain on
the basis of electron transfer.
C What causes thunder and lightning?
works?

D Explain how a lightning conductor

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