What happens when you rub an ebonite stick with a wool cloth? (Choose below) I belive the answer is B?
a. Electrons are transferred to the stick, causing it to take on a negative charge.
b. Electrons are transferred to the stick, causing it to take on a positive charge
c. Electrons are transferred to the cloth, causing it to take on a negative charge
d. Electrons are transferred to the cloth, causing it to take on a positive charge
The answer is A. It's hard to remember which gets the extra electrons. I had to look it up.
The correct answer is A. Electrons are transferred to the stick, causing it to take on a negative charge.
To determine the answer, we need to understand the concept of electrostatics and charging by friction. When you rub an ebonite stick with a wool cloth, electrons are transferred between the two objects due to the difference in their electron affinities.
In this scenario, the wool cloth has a higher electron affinity compared to the ebonite stick. As a result, electrons are pulled from the ebonite stick to the wool cloth during the rubbing process.
The answer to the question is c. Electrons are transferred to the cloth, causing it to take on a negative charge. The ebonite stick, on the other hand, takes on a positive charge due to the loss of its negatively charged electrons.
So, when you rub an ebonite stick with a wool cloth, the ebonite stick becomes positively charged, and the wool cloth becomes negatively charged.