Physics 2 Physics for your future/P2: Topic 1-Static and current electricity/P2.1 Static electricity

• An example of the effect of static electricity is when you get out a car and feel a shock.
• It is caused by an electrical charge building up on insulating materials (The electrical charge is also known as an electrostatic charge).
• Every atom has charged particles called protons and electrons. 
• Protons are positively charged and are found in the nucleus of an atom.
• Electrons are negatively charged and travel around the atom.
• An atom has no overall charge because the protons and electrons balance it out.
• The nucleus also contains neutrons, which have no charge.

Proton:

Relative charge: +1

Relative mass: 1

Neutron:

Relative charge: 0

Relative mass: 1

Electron:

Relative charge: -1

Relative…