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title: Static electricity: balloons, hair and sparks — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Physics
description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 26 «Static electricity: balloons, hair and sparks» of the physics course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# Static electricity: balloons, hair and sparks

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The 15 questions of lesson 26 «Static electricity: balloons, hair and sparks» of the physics course of Mova's primary school with their options, 81 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/physics/26-static-electricity-balloons-hair-and-sparks/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/26-static-electricity-balloons-hair-and-sparks/t1/) — Nan says lightning never strikes the same place twice, so the spot where it hit is safe now. right? — right ✓
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/26-static-electricity-balloons-hair-and-sparks/t2/) — A thin stream of water from the tap bends towards a rubbed comb. What does this show? — right ✓
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/26-static-electricity-balloons-hair-and-sparks/t3/) — argh, every time I touch the car door I get zapped. why's it worse in winter? — wrong ✗
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/26-static-electricity-balloons-hair-and-sparks/t4/) — In a cartoon, lightning hits a character, who only gets sooty hair and a funny face. What is the truth? — wrong ✗
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/26-static-electricity-balloons-hair-and-sparks/t5/) — What would happen if a tall church had no lightning rod and was struck? — wrong ✗
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/26-static-electricity-balloons-hair-and-sparks/t6/) — Which is true about a crackling jumper and a bolt of lightning? — wrong ✗
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/26-static-electricity-balloons-hair-and-sparks/t7/) — Your clothes dried on the washing line outside never cling. Why? — wrong ✗
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/26-static-electricity-balloons-hair-and-sparks/t8/) — bet u can't stick this balloon on the ceiling without tape. How could you do it? — right ✓
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/26-static-electricity-balloons-hair-and-sparks/t9/) — Two balloons both rubbed on your hair hang side by side on strings. What do they do? — right ✓
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/26-static-electricity-balloons-hair-and-sparks/t10/) — Why is it a bad idea to stand on a hilltop or under a lone tall tree in a thunderstorm? — right ✓
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/26-static-electricity-balloons-hair-and-sparks/t11/) — Why do dryer sheets help stop static cling? — right ✓
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/26-static-electricity-balloons-hair-and-sparks/e1/) — Identify the principal process whereby a rubber balloon acquires an electric charge upon being rubbed against hair. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/26-static-electricity-balloons-hair-and-sparks/e2/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the behaviour of two bodies bearing like charges? — right ✓ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/26-static-electricity-balloons-hair-and-sparks/e3/) — It is asserted that lightning does not strike the same location on more than one occasion. Select the response that is consistent with the established facts. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/26-static-electricity-balloons-hair-and-sparks/e4/) — Ascertain the function of a lightning conductor affixed to a tall building. — wrong ✗ · exam

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