Question

There are three ways to give an object a static charge. They are friction, conduction and induction. Two pieces of cellophane tape are stuck to a lab table. Each piece is quickly ripped off the table. What prediction would you make about what happens when the two pieces of tape are brought near one another?

Answer 1

Answer:

The tapes repel.

Explanation:

Given that the two ends of the tape were both neutral, then they would obtain charges when stuck and pulled from the table.

The tapes are pulled in the same way and the same substance is used to charge them.

This implies that they will obtain the same charges whether positive or negative.

When the ends of these tapes are brought close they repel since they have the same charges.

From science we know that like charges repel.