SUBJECT : SCIENCE 7 (3rd GP) FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT #9

TYPE OF ACTIVITY : CONCEPT NOTES

ACTIVITY TITLE : FORM OF WAVE – ELECTRIC WAVES: ITS DEFINITION AND CHARGING PROCESSES
LEARNING TARGET/S : I can define Electric Waves and describe different types of Charging Processes.
REFERENCE/S : Exploring Life through Science by Josefina Ma. Pavico et. al. pp. 260 - 269
From the previous lesson, you’ve learned that there are four Forms of Wave namely Sound
Waves, Light Waves, Heat Waves and Electrical Waves. Now, in this lesson you are going to learn about
the Electric Waves.
Electric Waves or Electricity is an Electromagnetic and Transverse wave. It is produced when
there is a constant vibration or movement of electric charges through a conductor.
Electricity began with man’s curiosity for the peculiar ability of amber and lodestone to attract
other materials. The first recorded investigator of such ability of amber was Thales of Miletus. He
found out that when amber rubbed to other material can attract another object. Much later, in 1600,
William Gilbert found out that many other substances, when rubbed against another substance, had
the same ability. He called these substances electrics which comes from the Greek word elektron,
which means amber. Later, it was shown that every object, when rubbed against another object,
acquires a charge. The object is then said to be electrified. Most credits to the discovery of Electricity
came from Benjamin Franklin. In 1752, Franklin conducted his famous Legendary Kite Experiment. In
order to show that lightning was electricity, he flew a kite during a thunderstorm. He tied a metal key
to the kite string to conduct the electricity. He concluded that there are two types of charges namely
positive charge and negative charge. Sub atomic particle with positive charge is called as proton while
those with negative charge is called as electron. The particle with no electrical charge is termed as
neutrons. He also concluded that same charges repel while opposite attract.
Charging an object involves the addition or removal of electrons. There are three ways by
which a neutral body may be charged: by friction, by conduction and induction.
A. CHARGING BY FRICTION - This is a process of charging wherein there is a rubbing of two objects
together. Scientists have come up with a ranking of some common materials based on their ability to
hold or give up electrons. This ranking is called the Triboelectric series. In general, when two different
materials are rubbed together, the one that is higher in the list will lose electrons more easily and
become positively charged. Also, the farther the materials are from each other in the list, the greater is
the charge that will be produced.
B. CHARGING BY CONDUCTION - This is a process of charging by contact. It occurs between a neutral
body and a charging body. It should be noted that whenever a neutral body is charged by conduction,
the charge produced is the same as that of the charging body. A neutral body becomes positively
charged when charge by a positively charged body and becomes negatively charge when charge by a
negatively charged body.
C. CHARGING BY INDUCTION - This is a process of charging that does not involve contact between the
neutral body and the charging body. The neutral body is just brought very near the charging body. In
induction, the acquired charge is opposite that of the charging body. A neutral body becomes
negatively charged when charge by a positively charged body and becomes positively charge when
charge by a negatively charged body.
Apply what you know: Identify the concept being defined in each of the following number. Write
your answers on the space provided (PS: 4 pts)
______________1. – An electromagnetic and transverse wave that is produced when there is a vibration of electric charges.
______________2. – Charging that involves direct contact between neutral and charged body.
______________3. – Process of charging that involves indirect contact.
______________4. – Charging that involves direct contact between positively and negatively charged body.
Essential Question: In 1 short sentence only, answer the question below. (PS: 1 pt)
* In your perspective, how would life be without electricity?

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