2007-04-06 09:46:08 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
The positive, has a surplus of electrons, and the negative has a shortage....
2007-04-06 09:49:29 · answer #1 · answered by Boston Bluefish 6 · 1⤊ 5⤋
Boston B has the right answer except he just made a slip up
the Negative has a surplus of electrons (electrons have a negative charge) the positive has a shortage of them.
Positive and Negative signs of electricity is just arbitrary, if we were inventing electricity today they would be the opposite way round but in Benjamin Franklin's days (I think it was down to him) electrons were not understood
the only difference between a negatively charged object and a positively charged one is the number of electrons compared to the protons (+ charged).
If the protons outnumber the electrons then the object has a + charge. If there are more electrons then it has a - charge. if there are the same number then there is no charge.
2007-04-06 10:10:27 · answer #2 · answered by colin p 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The charge.
Negatively-charged objects have a greater number of electrons than protons.
Positively-charged objects have fewer electrons than protons.
Electrons have a negative charge, protons have a positive charge.
2007-04-06 09:48:50 · answer #3 · answered by Brian L 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Positive charges repel one another. Negative charges repel one another. Positive and negative charges attract. That's really about all there is to it.
As for how objects become negatively or positively charged:
To positively charge something, rub off some electrons. To negatively charge something, rub some electrons off onto it.
2007-04-06 09:49:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
positively charged object has an excess of positive charge over negative charge. a negatively charged objecthas more negative charge than positive charge.
2016-04-01 01:02:02 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
one is positive and the other is negative. the positive and negative are the charges that are different
2007-04-06 09:53:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
im only on my first year of gcse physics so dont really trust me on this but i think its:
positively charged objects have lost electrons (therefore have more protons)
and negatively charged objects have gained electrons (therefore have more electrons)
and remember! only electrons can move!
2007-04-06 09:50:38 · answer #7 · answered by smeg23 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
An atom that is ionized and missing electrons is positively charged and attracted to the south pole. Then u have beta particles that are free electrons and are attracted to the north pole .
2007-04-06 10:00:35 · answer #8 · answered by JOHNNIE B 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
the charge.
2007-04-06 09:48:53 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some number of electrovolts.
2007-04-06 09:49:11 · answer #10 · answered by bobweb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋