Laundry in a clothes dryer often becomes charged with static electricity while drying. Which of these best explains why a clothes dryer often generates static electricity?

a. short circuits in the dryer charge the laundry
b. clothes with metal pieces conduct electricity in the dryer
c. electrons are transferred as clothes rub against each other in the dryer
d. heat from the dryer charges the air and produces lightning

c. electrons are transferred as clothes rub against each other in the dryer