It will move rapidly from one location to another in a static discharge. If you have ever walked across a rug on a dry day and felt a small shock when you touched a door knob, you have experienced a static discharge. A more spectacular form of static electricity is lightning. There are two types of static electric charges. Benjamin Franklin named them positive charge and negative charge .
Static charges act in ways similar to magnets.
Objects with like charges repel one another, while objects with unlike charges are attracted to each other. In current electricity , an electric charge moves, usually along a wire or other material that will conduct electricity. This material is called a conductor. When you turn on your lights or television, you use current electricity. When you use a battery-operated toy, you also use current electricity that comes from the battery rather than a wall socket.