Question

When Bethany walks across a carpet, her socks pick up many negative electric charges. Later in the day, these negative charges are no longer present on her socks. What most likely happened to the negative charges? In your answer, include:

What happened to the negative charges
The term used to describe what is happening to the socks
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Write 1-2 sentences describing what happened to the negative charges?
Write a sentence to define the term used to describe what happened to the socks?

Answer 1

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When Bethany walks across a carpet, a process takes place which is known as Discharging through which her socks pickup many negative charges. Later in the day, these charges are no longer present on a socks because as the charges came on socks, similarly, the charges got transferred to other substances.

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So, the answer for the question: What happened to the negative charges is, that it got transferred from socks to any other substance it came in contact with.

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The 2nd question: The term which is used to describe what is happening to the socks is: discharging.

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What is Discharging?

Discharging is is the process in which when a charged substance comes in contact with an uncharged substance, the transfer of the charge takes place.

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