Static Electricity Basics

An excess of electrons within a material

The neutralization of electric charges in a material

An imbalance of electric charges within or on the surface of a material (correct)

The flow of electric charge through a conductor

By submerging a material in water

When two surfaces contact, slide against each other, and then separate (correct)

By heating a material to a high temperature

By exposing a material to sunlight

The materials become electrically neutral

The charge is neutralized instantly

They retain the charge imbalance (correct)

The positive charge moves to one material and the negative charge to the other

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