1st blog post of 3rd quarter..........yaaay (: haha. So as our first blog post, we will be discussing Electric Charges, Forces, and Fields. There are three different types of atoms that posses three different charges: protons, neutrons, and electrons. Protons are positively charged atoms. Neutrons are atoms that posses no charge or are neutral. Lastly, electrons are negatively charged atoms. Objects that contain these atoms often experience attraction or repulsion toward other objects that are not caused by gravity, springs, or other contact forces. This week, we've learned about which charges attract each other and which charges repel. Like or similar charges repel each other such as two positive charges, two negative charges, or two neutral charges. Different or unlike charges attract. Such as a negative charge and a positive charge or a negative charge and a neutral charge. The picture above shows some of the magnets we have outside on our washing machine (&yes, I do mean washing machine, but thats only because we have stainless steal refrigerator and the magnets won't stick to it lol). But anyway, I think its safe to say that the magnets and the washing machine both hold a different charge, displayed by their attraction to each other. If the magnets and the washing machine had similar charges, the magnets would not stick.
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Quarter 3, Blogpost #1
1st blog post of 3rd quarter..........yaaay (: haha. So as our first blog post, we will be discussing Electric Charges, Forces, and Fields. There are three different types of atoms that posses three different charges: protons, neutrons, and electrons. Protons are positively charged atoms. Neutrons are atoms that posses no charge or are neutral. Lastly, electrons are negatively charged atoms. Objects that contain these atoms often experience attraction or repulsion toward other objects that are not caused by gravity, springs, or other contact forces. This week, we've learned about which charges attract each other and which charges repel. Like or similar charges repel each other such as two positive charges, two negative charges, or two neutral charges. Different or unlike charges attract. Such as a negative charge and a positive charge or a negative charge and a neutral charge. The picture above shows some of the magnets we have outside on our washing machine (&yes, I do mean washing machine, but thats only because we have stainless steal refrigerator and the magnets won't stick to it lol). But anyway, I think its safe to say that the magnets and the washing machine both hold a different charge, displayed by their attraction to each other. If the magnets and the washing machine had similar charges, the magnets would not stick.
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Haha our blogposts are similar. We both took a picture of magnets (: I didn't think of putting magnets on a washing machine before though, that's interesting!
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