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When you walk across a carpeted floor and then touch a metal doorknob the shock you feel occurs because of A static discharge B electric field C static charge D chemical reaction?
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The answer is A, static discharge.
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Why you may produce a static discharge if you touch a metal doorknob after walking on a wool carpet?
We hace electric descharge
What is the movement of static charge from one place to another?
Static Discharge:Perhaps you see a spark jump between your hand and the doorknob. The spark is an example of an electric discharge. An electric discharge is the movement of static charge from one place to another. The spark you saw was the result of a static charge moving between your hand and the doorknob.
Why do you get an electic shock if you touch a doorknob after walking across a carpet?
You get an electric shock if you touch a doorknob after walking on carpet because of built up of extra electrons transferred from the carpet to your feet and then body. The electrons stay built up on you until you touch something that they can discharge on, in this case a doorknob.
Can an electric discharge occur quickly or slowly?
Yes.
The loss of static electricity as electric charges transfer from one object to another?
Electric discharge
The spark that jumps between the hand and the doorknob is an example of?
an electric discharge ******************* Static electricity.
Why you may produce a static discharge if you touch a metal doorknob after walking on a wool carpet?
We hace electric descharge
What is the movement of static charge from one place to another?
Static Discharge:Perhaps you see a spark jump between your hand and the doorknob. The spark is an example of an electric discharge. An electric discharge is the movement of static charge from one place to another. The spark you saw was the result of a static charge moving between your hand and the doorknob.
Is lightning is an example of an electric field or discharge?
lightning is an example of discharge
An exapmple of an electric discharge?
Lightening
Why do you get an electic shock if you touch a doorknob after walking across a carpet?
You get an electric shock if you touch a doorknob after walking on carpet because of built up of extra electrons transferred from the carpet to your feet and then body. The electrons stay built up on you until you touch something that they can discharge on, in this case a doorknob.
What is a sentence for discharge?
The doctor will discharge the patient from the hospital once they have fully recovered.
A static discharge differs from an electric current in that a static discharge?
a static discharge lasts for only a fraction of a second
How does the electric eel use the electric discharge?
The Electric Eel uses the electric discharges for hunting and self defence
What is an example of electric discharge?
A lightening bolt.
Examples of electric discharge?
lightning is good
How is a static discharge different from an electric current?
static discharge lasts only for a fraction of a second
