Competency #8
Explain the differences and interconnections between electricity and magnetism
Learning Objective c
- c. Explain that potential energy results from the work done to separate charges
Question
Write down your answer to the following question:
Normally you have a neutral charge, because you have equal amounts of positive and negative charge in your body. Normally your carpet is also neutrally charged for the same reason. Yet in the winter when you come into the house and shuffle your feet on the carpet, and then touch something else, you get a big shock because of a discharge of excess negative charge on your body. How did you get extra negative charge on you?
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