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for example: when you rub your hand or slide your feet across carpet, your hair may stand on end. this is because electrons have been transfered from the carpet to you. you now have a negative charge because there is more electrons than protons in your body. when you touch someone you "shock" them but really you just transfered the electrons from you to them.
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Why does your hair stand on end when rubbed with a balloon?
Rubbing a balloon against your hair creates a build-up of static electricity on the surface of the balloon, which then applies an opposite charge to your hair. This causes your hair strands, which are similarly charged, to repel each other and stand on end.
How do John and Edward get their hair to stand up?
They get their hair to stand up by the cunning application of hair gel.
What does your hair stood on end mean?
To make someone's hair stand on end is to cause them to be very frightened, the expression is derived from getting goosebumps when scared and thus having your hair stand on end.
What is the Shakespearean Make your hair stand on end meaning?
In Shakespearean language, "make your hair stand on end" means to scare or horrify someone to the point that their hair raises in fear.
How does a cat increase the size of its tail when scared?
They don't, but they usually puff it up by making all the hairs stand on end. They also puff up their back hair, too, and stand sort of sideways. This is all meant to make them look bigger.When humans get scared, they also feel 'their hair stand on end' as the hair muscles tighten up but we've lost most of our hair so it's kind of useless. Just a left-over reaction.
What sensation do people feel that makes their hair stand up on end?
A cold sensation it shockes your body and that is its reaction
What force is responsible for causing hair to stand on end when it builds up a static charge?
repulsion (study isalnd)
What causes hair to stand on end and goose bumps to appear?
When you are cold or scared, tiny muscles called arrector pili contract, causing hair to stand up and creating goose bumps on your skin.
How do you make your hair stand up?
You cover your hair in hair gel then you comb it up
What muscle causes your hair to stand on end?
The arrector pili muscles makes the hairs on your arm stand on end.
What make your hair stand on end?
Arrector Pili Muscle
How can static electricity generate an electrical force to make your hair stand on end?
Static Electricity generator an electrical force can make your hair stand on end that happens because, your hair has picked up extra electrons. This causes your hair to repel against each other(Like charges repel remember!). Because you hair is so tightly packed, the furthest any hair can get from another hair is to stand straight up.
