2007-03-07 08:31:54 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Because you are loosing electrons and you need to get them back... when you touch something.. your getting them back
2007-03-07 09:05:22 · answer #1 · answered by kristie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Punishment, because it's not nice to walk on a carpet. Would you like someone to walk on you?
Or, it could be the build-up of static electricity charge generated by motion, friction and conversion. The shock, then, would be a discharge of that energy.
2007-03-07 16:35:29 · answer #2 · answered by Benji 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most people have a slight drag when they walk. When your socks drag across the carpet, it causes friction. Friction turns into static electricity, and when you touch something metal, or another conductor of electricity, you feel the shock of static leaving your body and touching the conductor!
2007-03-07 16:37:25 · answer #3 · answered by catherine [what!] 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They gain excess electrons from the carpet and then those electrons want to return to ground - which they do at the first chance they get. Youch! :-)
2007-03-07 16:35:23 · answer #4 · answered by HomeSweetSiliconValley 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
static electricity caused by friction
2007-03-07 16:34:48 · answer #5 · answered by allindotcom@sbcglobal.net 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's called static electricity
2007-03-07 16:35:12 · answer #6 · answered by Persiphone_Hellecat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The person b4 me is right.
2007-03-07 16:35:17 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
friction
2007-03-07 16:35:06 · answer #8 · answered by soccer allie <3 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋