Question

Rubbing a balloon on hair is an example of static charge build up created by....

A. friction

B. hairduction

C. induction

D. conduction

Answer 1

Option D is correct: Rubbing a balloon on hair is an example of static charge build-up created by conduction.

• Rubbing a balloon on our hair produces static electricity because of which our hair becomes positively charged and the balloon becomes negatively charged because a transfer of electrons takes place from our hair to the balloon.
• Since the charged particles move through a transmission medium in this case, the process can be defined as conduction.