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==Key Stage 3==
===Meaning===
[[Static Electricity]] is an imbalance of [[Electrical Charge|charges]] that causes a [[force]] which can [[attract]] or [[repel]] other [[Object|objects]] due to an [[Electrical Charge|electrical charge]].
===About Static Electricity===
: '''Static Electricity''' can be caused by rubbing two [[Electrical Insulator|insulators]] together.
: [[Friction]] causes [[electron]]s to be transferred from one [[material]] to another.
: The [[material]] that gains [[electron]]s becomes [[Negative Charge|negatively charged]].
: The [[material]] which loses [[electron]]s becomes [[Positive Charge|positively charged]].
: Once a [[material]] has become '''statically charged''' it will [[repel]] anything with the same [[Electrical Charge|charge]] and [[attract]] anything with the opposite [[Electrical Charge|charge]]. This happens due to the [[Electrostatic Force|electrostatic force]].
: [[Lightning]] is caused by a build up of '''static electricity''' in which clouds gain [[electron]]s from the ground. The [[Electrical Charge|charge]] builds up until the [[Electrostatic Force|electrostatic force]] is so large that the [[electron]]s are able to jump to the ground as a bolt of [[lightning]].
To learn more about [[Static Electricity]] click on each of the picture below for a PHET simulation.
{| class="wikitable"
|[[File:PhetStatic.png|centre|300px|link=https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/balloons-and-static-electricity/latest/balloons-and-static-electricity_en.html]]
|[[File:PhetTravoltage.png|centre|300px|link=https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/john-travoltage/latest/john-travoltage_en.html]]
|}
===Extra Information===
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==Key Stage 4==
===Meaning===
[[Static Electricity]] is an imbalance of [[Electrical Charge|charges]] that causes a [[force]] which can [[attract]] or [[repel]] other [[Object|objects]].
===About Static Electricity===
: '''Static Electricity''' can be caused by rubbing two [[Electrical Insulator|insulators]] together.
: [[Friction]] causes [[electron]]s to be transferred from one [[material]] to another.
: The [[material]] that gains [[electron]]s becomes [[Negative Charge|negatively charged]].
: The [[material]] which loses [[electron]]s becomes [[Positive Charge|positively charged]].
: Once a [[material]] has become '''statically charged''' it will [[repel]] anything with the same [[Electrical Charge|charge]] and [[attract]] anything with the opposite [[Electrical Charge|charge]]. This happens due to the [[Electrostatic Force|electrostatic force]] which acts at a distance.
: [[Lightning]] is caused by a build up of '''static electricity''' in which clouds gain [[electron]]s from the ground. The [[Electrical Charge|charge]] builds up until the [[Electrostatic Force|electrostatic force]] is so large that the [[electron]]s are able to jump to the ground as a bolt of [[lightning]].
: A '''static charge''' can also be [[Electrostatic Induction|induced]] in a [[Neutral Charge|neutral]] [[object]]. This happens when a [[Electrical Charge|charged]] [[object]] is placed close to a [[Neutral Charge|neutral]] [[object]]. Since the [[electron]]s in the [[Neutral Charge|neutral]] [[object]] can move then they move towards a [[Positive Charge|positive charge]] and away from a [[Negative Charge|negative charge]]. This allows the [[Neutral Charge|neutral]] [[object]] to become slightly [[Electrical Charge|charged]] at one side. This is [[Electrostatic Induction|electrostatic induction]].
To learn more about [[Static Electricity]] click on each of the picture below for a PHET simulation.
{| class="wikitable"
|[[File:PhetStatic.png|centre|300px|link=https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/balloons-and-static-electricity/latest/balloons-and-static-electricity_en.html]]
|[[File:PhetTravoltage.png|centre|300px|link=https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/john-travoltage/latest/john-travoltage_en.html]]
|}
===References===
====AQA====
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/178294558X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=178294558X&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=f0dfb66dafcb0c6e9449e7b1a4ae1ac429 ''Static electricity, page 35, GCSE Physics; The Revision Guide, CGP, AQA '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0008158770/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0008158770&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=ec31595e720e1529e49876c3866fff6e ''Static electricity, pages 46-9, GCSE Physics; Student Book, Collins, AQA '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1471851370/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1471851370&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=01c69b0ae058f809cf636033e6ba793e ''Static electricity, pages 56-7, GCSE Physics, Hodder, AQA '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945970/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945970&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=a120d24dcc7cc7a58192069a3aafc1d2 ''Static electricity, pages 99-101, GCSE Physics; The Complete 9-1 Course for AQA, CGP, AQA '']
====Edexcel====
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1292120223/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1292120223&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=068ecf40278c32406a7f1c6e66751417 ''Static electricity, pages 133, 160-161, GCSE Physics, Pearson Edexcel '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782948163/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782948163&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=0fdbfd5dd397d6e24a9dfb250f08587f ''Static electricity, pages 254-261, GCSE Physics, CGP, Edexcel '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945733/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945733&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=2a2dbec9db6bf5766c0458d908fa0a52 ''Static electricity, pages 82-84, GCSE Physics; The Revision Guide, CGP, Edexcel '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1292120223/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1292120223&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=068ecf40278c32406a7f1c6e66751417 ''Static electricity; dangers, pages 162-163, GCSE Physics, Pearson Edexcel '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782948163/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782948163&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=0fdbfd5dd397d6e24a9dfb250f08587f ''Static electricity; dangers, pages 260, 261, GCSE Physics, CGP, Edexcel '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1292120223/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1292120223&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=068ecf40278c32406a7f1c6e66751417 ''Static electricity; uses, page 163, GCSE Physics, Pearson Edexcel '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782948163/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782948163&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=0fdbfd5dd397d6e24a9dfb250f08587f ''Static electricity; uses, pages 258, 259, GCSE Physics, CGP, Edexcel '']
====OCR====
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945695/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945695&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=ceafcc80bcad6b6754ee97a0c7ceea53 ''Static electricity, page 175, Gateway GCSE Combined Science; The Revision Guide, CGP, OCR '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945687/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945687&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=9a598e52189317a20311d7a632747bc9 ''Static electricity, page 42, Gateway GCSE Physics; The Revision Guide, CGP, OCR '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0198359837/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0198359837&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=3c4229e8b023b2b60768e7ea2307cc6f ''Static electricity, pages 94-95, Gateway GCSE Physics, Oxford, OCR '']