SCIENCE
PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Rubbing a balloon against your hair.
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Shuffling your shoes across a carpet.
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Bringing a charged rod near an electroscope
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Touching your car on a cold day and getting a shock.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Expert-Verified Answer. Answer: D) Touching your car on a cold day and getting a shock.
Detailed explanation-2: -Which is an example of gaining a static charge by conduction? Rubbing a balloon against your hair.
Detailed explanation-3: -Charging by conduction involves the contact of a charged object to a neutral object. Suppose that a positively charged aluminum plate is touched to a neutral metal sphere. The neutral metal sphere becomes charged as the result of being contacted by the charged aluminum plate.
Detailed explanation-4: -Expert-Verified Answer. Option D is correct: Rubbing a balloon on hair is an example of static charge build-up created by conduction.
Detailed explanation-5: -Have you ever rubbed a balloon on your head and made your hair stand up? Have you ever walked across the carpet in your socks and received a shock from a doorknob? These are examples of static electricity.