Electrostatics

4. While the electrons are attracted to the protons of the nucleus, the addition of _________ to an atom can persuade the electron to leave the atom.
8. The building block of which all matter is composed became known as the _________ around 400 BC.
9. The amount of charge on a single proton is _________ to the amount of charge possessed by a single electron, although they may have a different sign.
10. Objects that have opposite charges (one positive and one negative) have a(n) _________ force.
11. If an atom has _________ electrons than protons it is said to be positively charged.
14. Rutherford developed the idea that the _________ is a densely packed core surrounded by electrons.
15. Bohr’s findings led us to our current view of the atom, called __________ (twowords).
18. The Coulomb is the basic unit of _________.
19. Neils Bohr explained that the electrons were in _________ around the nucleus.
20. If an atom has _________ electrons than protons it is said to be negatively charged.
21. This is the positively charged particle in the nucleus.
23. If your socks _________ electrons, they become negatively charged.
24. Each electron shell has a different _________ level.

1. In the world of electrostatics, opposites _________ and likes _________ (two words, in order, and don’t use a space).
2. Since the unit of Coulomb is so large, we often use _________coulombs and nanocoulombs.
3. If your socks have an equal amount of electrons and protons, they are _________.
5. This type of electricity is responsible for lightning, giving you a shock when you touch a doorknob, and sticking balloons to walls.
6. The atom is mostly _________ (two words).
7. If your socks _________ electrons, they become positively charged.
9. JJ Thompson discovered a negatively charged particle which we know as the _________.
12. Electostatics and electricity is all about one particle moving, and that’s the _________.
13. The number of electrons around a nucleus will determine if an atom is electrically _________ or neutral.
16. The unit of charge is the _________.
17. Objects that have like charges (both positive or both negative) have a(n) _________ force.
22. If an atom has the same number of protons and electrons, it is described as electrically _________.