Static Electricity Crossword Puzzle

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QUESTIONS LIST: charge: fundamental property of matter responsible for static electricity, electrons: negatively charged particles involved in static electricity, static: type of electricity that accumulates on surfaces, friction: process of rubbing surfaces together to generate static electricity, lightning rod: a metal rod mounted on a structure to protect it from lightning strikes by providing a path for the lightning's electrical discharge to safely reach the ground, conductor: material that allows the flow of electricity, attract: what opposite charges do in static electricity, repel: what like charges do in static electricity, conduction: process of transferring static electricity through direct contact between materials, discharge: release of stored static electricity, neutral: object with an equal number of positive and negative charges, van de graaff: device used to generate large amounts of static electricity, lightning: natural discharge of static electricity in the atmosphere, induction: process of charging an object without direct contact by bringing it near a charged object, electrostatic series: a list of materials ranked according to their tendency to gain or lose electrons when in contact with other materials, ground: connection to the earth used to discharge excess static electricity and maintain electrical equilibrium, ions: electrically charged particles formed when atoms gain or lose electrons, negative charge: the type of charge generated on a balloon when it is rubbed against hair, insulator: material that does not conduct electricity well.