​Defining Characteristics of the Electric Charge Interaction By: CJ, Ben, Gabriella, and Nick
Summary of Investigation:Our group took a balloon and rubbed it with a cloth to charge it. The charge gives it some more negative electrons so it may interact somehow with any other charged or uncharged object buy distributing its extra electrons to the object. Our group then placed the side of the balloon that was charged near or in contact with magnetic material (Tin Foil), non-magnetic material (Paper), and another balloon charged with negative electrons. Each result was recorded in a table for further use.
Hypothesis: Our group proposes that two charged objects will repel because they both have almost the same amount of negative electrons. Our group also proposes that a magnetic material will be attracted to the charged balloon because it has a normal amount of electrons and that a non-magnetic material will have nothing happen to it because it isn't metal so the charge won't be transferred.
Data
Charged balloon and a magnetic object:
The charged balloon picked up some of the tin foil in our test. Our group thinks this because the electrons on the balloon jump to the tin foil.
Charged balloon and a non-magnetic object:
Unexpectedly, the charged balloon picked up the pieces of foil in our test. Now that our group has seen this, we think that the electrons on the balloon jump to the paper the same way it interacted with the foil.
Charged balloon and charged balloon: The two charged balloons repelled in our test. Our group thinks this because they both had extra electrons but did not transfer them because they had the same amount, therefore they moved away to solve the problem.
Conclusion:
A charged object will not transfer its electrons to any object unless the object has less electrons than the charged object because the objects want to balance the amount of electrons between themselves. But what about the defining characteristics of the electric charge interactions? What has to happen? How do we know when an electric charge ingteraction has taken place? [2 - Almost there]
​Defining Characteristics of the Electric Charge Interaction By: CJ, Ben, Gabriella, and Nick
Summary of Investigation: Our group took a balloon and rubbed it with a cloth to charge it. The charge gives it some more negative electrons so it may interact somehow with any other charged or uncharged object buy distributing its extra electrons to the object. Our group then placed the side of the balloon that was charged near or in contact with magnetic material (Tin Foil), non-magnetic material (Paper), and another balloon charged with negative electrons. Each result was recorded in a table for further use.
Hypothesis: Our group proposes that two charged objects will repel because they both have almost the same amount of negative electrons. Our group also proposes that a magnetic material will be attracted to the charged balloon because it has a normal amount of electrons and that a non-magnetic material will have nothing happen to it because it isn't metal so the charge won't be transferred.
Data
Charged balloon and a magnetic object:
The charged balloon picked up some of the tin foil in our test. Our group thinks this because the electrons on the balloon jump to the tin foil.
Charged balloon and a non-magnetic object:
Unexpectedly, the charged balloon picked up the pieces of foil in our test. Now that our group has seen this, we think that the electrons on the balloon jump to the paper the same way it interacted with the foil.
Charged balloon and charged balloon: The two charged balloons repelled in our test. Our group thinks this because they both had extra electrons but did not transfer them because they had the same amount, therefore they moved away to solve the problem.
Conclusion:
A charged object will not transfer its electrons to any object unless the object has less electrons than the charged object because the objects want to balance the amount of electrons between themselves.
But what about the defining characteristics of the electric charge interactions? What has to happen? How do we know when an electric charge ingteraction has taken place? [2 - Almost there]