After watching the demos AND contemplating some of your own experiences with static electricity, answer the following questions in a comment on this blog post:
- What was your favorite static electricity demo? Why?
- What time of the year do you get "shocked" the most often? Why is that?
- What is needed to produce static electricity? What is it caused by?
- What does static electricity have to do with chemistry, atoms, and an atom's structure?
1. Well, I despise static electricity thanks to a little mishap when I was in about the third grade, but watching everyone wanting to get shocked by the Van De Graff generator.
ReplyDelete2. I tend to get shocked during winter, mostly because it is so dry and static-y.
3. Electrons. Lots and lots of electrons. Static electricity is formed when too many electrons build up and they need to transfer somewhere else.
4. Well, electrons are part of an atom, and atoms are part of chemistry, so...
The friction ball, it was funny watching all of your facial expressions. I get shocked very often during winter. I think it because of how dry it gets and how little water there is. Two different charges, a positive and a negative. Static has to do with chemistry because it has to do with the electrons jumping.
ReplyDeleteToday, awesome! Get zapped! Lightning bolts, light bulb.
ReplyDeleteWinter,doesn't stop electrons from jumping.
Friction, rubbing things together.
It could destory atoms and change the atoms.
when everyone hooked hands and they touched the electric ball thingy. I get shocked at the end of the year because i cant believe it came so fast. 2 diffident charges a positive and a negative. Atoms have positive and negative charged elements.
ReplyDeleteThe floresent light and electron making generater.
ReplyDeleteThe winter because it is dry and there is more friction unlike water in spring.
Friction is needed and caused the static electricity.
It has to do with the electrons in an atom causing the static.
Lightning bolt thingy. It was electrifying.
ReplyDeleteWinter because things are dry. So there's little water in the air so more friction can be created.
Friction. Molecules rubbing together to make friction.
You need electrons from an atom's structure. An atoms structure has to do with atoms. Atoms have to do with Chemistry.
1. I liked when everybody touched hands and the electricity passed through everybody.
ReplyDelete2. Winter, it's dry and when there is no water in the air it makes it neutral, so in the winter it is not like that.
3. Two different charges, a positive and a negative.
4. Atoms have neutral and positive charges.
1. When Mr. Hoegh held the light to the ball electrstaticgenerator.
ReplyDelete2. Winter, it's the driest time of the year.
3. Dryness, and it's because of the electrons.
4. It has to deal with the electrons in the atom.
1. The electro-static generator was my favorite demo.
ReplyDelete2. I get shocked (and shock my siblings) the most in the winter. The reason is the low humidity which means there is less water in the air to neutralize any static charge that is built up.
3. Friction between atoms causing them to lose and gain electrons.
4. Static electricity is made by a lower or higher number of electrons around an atom.
1. The big ball on a stick thingy because it was powerful and produced big shocks which was cool.
ReplyDelete2. Winter because it is dry.
3. Positively charged protons in the air.
4. You need the protons to produce static electricity and protons are in atoms.
1: The Vandegraph generator because it was a presentation I could feel
ReplyDelete2: Anytime, I get shocked all the time, with wall outlets too
3: Friction will cause static electricity, so two things that can hold a charge rubbing each other (cloth is good)
4: Atoms that get electrically charge want to disperse the energy to something else + and - go together, 2 of the same king repel each other.
1. Watching the light light up. It was really cool, watching the mini lightning was just awesome!
ReplyDelete2. Winter, because it's dry and there's no water in the air to stop things from shocking you.
3. Friction, it's caused by atoms rubbing against things.
4. Atoms cause the static when they rub against things and loose their electrons I guess?
1. I thought it was really funny to watch everyone's reactions when they were shocked. It also was pretty hysterical to see Mr. Hoegh's face when everyone attached!
ReplyDelete2. I usually get shocked the most in the winter because of the dryness. There are not many water molecules in the air so that causes not a lot of friction to be able to pass electrons through the air.
3. Electrons are needed for static electricity. It's caused by electrons and ions in atoms. The electrons build up and need somewhere to go so they transfer through items they touch.
4. Electrons are in atoms and atoms have to do with chemistry. Static electricity is linked to all parts of chemistry.
The generator because there's more of a shock. i get shocked most in the winter because it's more dry. static electricity is caused by positive and negative energy. static electricity is electrons jumping to the positive energy.
ReplyDelete1. My favorite is when we had a chain of people that was holding on to each other and Kobe was touching peoples' arms. You could see the sparks everywhere!
ReplyDelete2. The winter because there is more static electricity and friction because of the dry conditions.
3. An object that is positively charged and an object that is negatively charged is what you need. Its caused by the electrons moving from object to object.
4. Static electricity is caused by electrons, and electrons are in an atom, which is what we are studying!
the static electricity generator because it was the most hands on part of it. The summer because it is the dryest season of the year. Electrons and isotopes because the shock happens when the electrons and protons echange. it involves the electron cloud.
ReplyDelete1.When everyone was holding hands and you hear people getting shocked.
ReplyDelete2.During the winter because there is more friction and static electricity because it is dry during the winter.
3. You need something that is positively charged and something that is negatively charged. It is caused by the the electrons moving from object to object. It also happens when you anger someone with super powers and they zap you with their electricity powers and you get zapped and pass out.
4. Static electricity is caused by electrons and electrons are involved in chemistry, atoms, and an atom's structure.
1. The electrostatic generator because it was fun watching Mr. Hoegh light up a light bulb through his hand. It was also pretty fun watching a chain of people shock each other.
ReplyDelete2. I think it's during the winter because everything is relatively dry during that season.
3. Friction. It's caused by an imbalance of protons and electrons. Opposites attract. ._.
4. It deals with the electrons, which is what jumps from place to place in static electricity.
the one with the generator because it was the most fun. in the winter because it is the most dry time of the year. friction or two things rubbing tougher. the electrons jump.
ReplyDelete1) The lightning between the pole and the silver pole and ball type metal thingamajig, because it actually created a miniature lightning bolt.
ReplyDelete2) In the winter, because the air is dry and conducts better.
3) Static electricity is caused by an imbalance of positive and negative charges. It requires something positively charged and something negatively charged; it is when electrons pass from one thing to another.
4) All material objects are composed of atoms. There are different kinds of atoms known as elements; these elements can combine to form compounds. Different compounds have distinctly different properties. Material objects are composed of atoms and molecules of these elements and compounds, thus providing different materials with different electrical properties.
An atom consists of a nucleus and a vast region of space outside the nucleus. Electrons are present in the region of space outside the nucleus. They are negatively charged and weakly bound to the atom. Electrons are often removed from and added to an atom by normal everyday occurrences. These occurrences are the focus of this Static Electricity unit of The Physics Classroom.
The nucleus of the atom contains positively charged protons and neutral neutrons. These protons and neutrons are not removable or perturbable by usual everyday methods. It would require some form of high-energy nuclear occurrence to disturb the nucleus and subsequently dislodge its positively charged protons. These high-energy occurrences are fortunately not an everyday event and they are certainly not the subject of this unit of The Physics Classroom. One sure truth of this unit is that the protons and neutrons will remain within the nucleus of the atom. Electrostatic phenomenon can never be explained by the movement of protons.
1. My favorite static electricity demo is the balloon/hair one because it reminds the time when the yarn of my washed scarf is cling or coming together to my finger.
ReplyDelete2. Winter because during the winter, heaters are used which takes the moisture out of the air. Less moisture would cause the electrons to charge up and cling onto us.
3. Friction between two different objects (that are usually not conductors of electricity) can create static electricity.
4. Static electricity is usually caused by the charge of the electrons.
1. My favorite static electricity demo was the balloon. This is because it was cool to see static electricity in action and I thought it was funny as well.
ReplyDelete2. I get shocked the most often when it is winter time. In the winter time it is drier than the summer, the amount of moisture in the air helps with the amount of electrons that we pick up so when it is dry outside you pick up more electron than in the summer.
3. You need electrons to produce static electricity. Static electricity is caused by a negative and positive change, the two are attracted to each other so lets say you have a negative charge and the thing you touch is positive the two changes will pull toward each other and well you get a shock.
4.Atoms are very important in static electricity. It all depends on how the atom is built, if the atom has more protons and neutrons than the electron might be held very loosely, if the electrons are held loosely and two objects rub together than you get a shock.
1. The Van de Graaff generator because it was fun to get shocked and see the light bulb light up through Mr. Hoegh.
ReplyDelete2. Winter time because the air is dry and electrons can jump better.
3. Friction is needed to produce it. Static electricity is caused by electrons rubbing to give and receive electrons.
4. The electrons are on the outside of the atom, which allows them to jump from atom to atom more easily than a proton or neutron. It also depends on how the many protons and neutrons the element has in the nucleus.