Electric Chrage

• All matter is made up of atoms which contain 3 fundamental particles:

  1. Protons are positively charged
  2. Neutrons have no charge
  3. Electrons are negatively charged
• All materials contain positive charges (Protons) and negative charges (Electrons)
• Neutral objects have an equal number of protons and electrons since there is no net charge
• Charged objects have an unequal number of protons and electrons.
• Positively-charged objects have more protons than electrons/ are electron deficient
• Negatively-charged objects have more electrons than protons/ an excess of electrons