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When you touch a metal doorknob you feel a small electric shock is this an example of static electricity or current electricity you?
StaticYes, it stays put, doing nothing until released by an outside force.
Why do people feel shock when they touch some objects?
It's a build-up of static electricity. You act as a pathway to ground for the static - so you feel a slight shock as the static discharges.
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?
The answer is A, static discharge.
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.
Why do you get a shock after walking on carpet then touching metal?
Static electricity builds up on the soles of your feet, giving you a charge. When you touch the metal, you are earthed, and the charge is removed. This is felt as a static shock. As the material of your shoes/socks brushes against the carpet, friction causes free electrons to move from the carpet into your body. These electrons will accumulate on your body until you discharge them by touching a path to ground. However, this releases energy, which you feel as a shock. This energy is potent enough to be felt, heard, and even seen. This will only happen if your shoes/socks are of the right material and the air is dry. You build up static electricity by walking across the carpet. When you touch metal doorknob, it releases the stored energy. When you drag your feet against carpet you are negatively charged and so the door knob is positively charged so there fore causing an electric shock
When you touch a metal doorknob you feel a small electric shock is this an example of static electricity or current electricity you?
StaticYes, it stays put, doing nothing until released by an outside force.
Why do people feel shock when they touch some objects?
It's a build-up of static electricity. You act as a pathway to ground for the static - so you feel a slight shock as the static discharges.
Is it true that if you shuffle your feet on the carpet and touch somebody you will feel a shock?
well i wouldn't say you would feel shock,but you can feel like electricity if you touched someone,i tried it and touched my sister,it was funny,but she was mad..lol!!
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?
The answer is A, static discharge.
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.
Why do you get a shock after walking on carpet then touching metal?
Static electricity builds up on the soles of your feet, giving you a charge. When you touch the metal, you are earthed, and the charge is removed. This is felt as a static shock. As the material of your shoes/socks brushes against the carpet, friction causes free electrons to move from the carpet into your body. These electrons will accumulate on your body until you discharge them by touching a path to ground. However, this releases energy, which you feel as a shock. This energy is potent enough to be felt, heard, and even seen. This will only happen if your shoes/socks are of the right material and the air is dry. You build up static electricity by walking across the carpet. When you touch metal doorknob, it releases the stored energy. When you drag your feet against carpet you are negatively charged and so the door knob is positively charged so there fore causing an electric shock
How do you shock your friends?
rub your back against a chair, and stand up without touching anything. then touch your friend and feel the shock. lol you spelled friends wrong
What does it mean when you feel electric when you touch things such as steel?
It may be possible that you had a charge in your body or something like that and you came in contact with somethingthat's a conductor of electricity. It happens to me all the time. Ever go and rub your socks on the rug and go to touch someone else and you shock them? It's the same concept, but it's with metal contact.
Your car door shocks you when you touch it?
It's called static electricity. The 12 volt system in cars and trucks are not enough to shock someone. Even 24 volt systems found in buses and heavy trucks are not enough to feel. So it has to be static electricity somehow.
When we touch both terminals of a D.C. battery why do we not get a shock as we do from the A.C. supply?
We do, but the power is so much lower that it is very mild and we don't feel it.
How can you avoid getting electric shock by touching non electric items or people?
Usually this sort of shock is from static electricity. The easy way to avoid getting the shock is to simply not have the electric spark touch your skin. If you have a jacket that makes sparks jump off your skin after taking it off, or anything that like - then just hold some piece of metal, like a screw or a pin, and touch it to a grounded metallic surface like a doorknob or a metal table. You'll probably see a spark jump across, but it you won't feel it, because it's not in contact with any of your nerves. This won't work 100% of the time, but it helps most of the time.
When you feel an electric shock due to rubbing against the carpet and touching a metal object it is called?
This is called Triboelectricity (tribo means friction).
