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

<p>They contain equal numbers of positive and negative charges (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Neutralization of a charge through electrostatic discharge (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers