when ever i am on a slide i get on then i get off and go to touch my mum and i electric cute her this always happens. why does this happen? this is also a qs for school which io asked about my teacher doesnt know..
confuzed mizzjordy
2007-05-07 19:31:19 · 6 answers · asked by mizz jordy =) 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Static electricity is created when you create friction sliding.
2007-05-07 19:34:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The mild electric shock you experience is caused by static electricity. This builds up in the body and is caused by friction. In your case the friction is caused by going on the slide.
I'm not one hundred per cent on this, but either a negative or positive charge builds up in side your body and when you touch your mum, this then discharges because she is of an opposite polarity to yourself.
Something like that.
The static charge runs to earth and you feel it...!
I am surprised your teacher does not know about static electricity. In Doctor Who on TV the Daleks run on static electricity. It's not real just science fiction in the case of Dr Who.
Static electricity is everywhere.
Try this experiment. Take a plastic comb, comb your hair with it, then hold the comb over a piece of tissue paper. The paper will stick to the comb. This is one effect of static electricity.
You can find out a lot more about this and early experiments with it from the Science Museum website in London.
2007-05-08 02:45:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Electrostatics (also known as Static Electricity) is the branch of physics that deals with the forces exerted by a static (i.e. unchanging) electric field upon charged objects. Electrostatics involves the build-up of charge in objects due to contact between (generally) non-conductive surfaces. These charges are generally built up through the flow of electrons from one object to another. These charges then remain in the object until a force is exerted that causes the charges to balance e.g. the familiar phenomenon of a static 'shock' is caused by the neutralization of charge built up in the body from contact with non-conductive surfaces.
2007-05-08 02:35:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Static. Your teacher should have known this!
2007-05-08 02:37:05 · answer #4 · answered by the_tent_man36 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
don't confuse her anymore.
its static electricity.
2007-05-08 02:36:12 · answer #5 · answered by Mercury 2010 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thats called static..dear..... :))
2007-05-08 02:34:07 · answer #6 · answered by Jani N. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋