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Lesson: Chapter 19 — Current Electricity

19.1. Static and current electricity 3 of 6

Question 3

During rubbing, electrons are removed from the atoms on an object’s surface. What charge is that surface left with?

The right answer is the one marked above.

Positively charged. Losing electrons leaves more positive than negative on the surface, so the surface becomes positively (+) charged.

The cloth ends up with the electrons, so it becomes negatively charged by exactly as much. Nothing is created — the charge is shared out.

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