When you rub a balloon on your hair, it creates static electricity. What happens to your hair when you take the balloon off of your head?

Mr. Figueroa's class is exploring the cause and effect relationships of electricity. He asks the class to think about a balloon being rubbed on someone's hair and then held up to small bits of paper.

Which of the following is true regarding the static electricity between the paper and the balloon?

When you rub a balloon on your hair, it creates static electricity. What happens when you put the balloon near your hair?

Every time I take clothes out of the dryer, they are all stuck together. My socks are attached to my shirts, and when I pull them apart, I hear a crackling noise.

What is causing this to happen?

Lightning is an example of static electricity. The clouds in the sky are both positively and negatively charged, creating a bolt of energy. What is true about the clouds that produce lightning?

Every time I take clothes out of the dryer, they are all stuck together. My socks are attached to my shirts, and when I pull them apart, I hear a crackling noise.

Why are the socks attracted to each other?

When discussing electric charges it is true that opposites _________.

When similarly charged objects are placed near each other, they will __________ each other.

Cheri scoots her feet across the carpet while she is wearing cotton socks. She generates a negative charge and reaches to touch the positively charged doorknob. Static electricity is formed.

What will happen when she touches the doorknob?

Lightning is a form of electricity.