Question

When Mandy took clothes out of a dryer, she observed that a sock was clinging to a shirt. Which situation could cause the sock to be attracted to the shirt?



a.The sock has a small positive charge while the shirt has a large positive charge.

b.Both the sock and shirt have large positive charges.

c.The sock has a small positive charge but the shirt has a small negative charge.

d.Both the sock and shirt have small negative charges

Answer 1

The correct answer is A, they are attracted to each other because they are opposites

Answer 2

The situation that could cause the sock to be attracted to the shirt is ; ( C )

• The sock has a small positive charge but the shirt has a small negative charge

Objects containing different charges ( i.e. negative and positive charges ) attract each other and may cling to each other until manually separated, while objects with the same charges repel each other and cannot cling.

Therefore from the scenerio in the question we can conclude that the sock and the shirt posses either a small positive charge or a small negative charge respectively.

Hence In conclusion the situation that could cause the sock to be attracted to the shirt is ; The sock has a small positive charge but the shirt has a small negative charge.

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