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Why is a spark more likely to jump to your finger than your forehead?
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∙ 12y ago
A couple of reasons:
- Electric charge tends to concentrate on sharp points. A fingertip is "sharper" than a forehead.
- You're more likely to reach toward something with your hand (and therefore your fingers) than you are to try to grab it with your forehead.
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Because love is all u need baby, I love you
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Because the door has less potential energy than your hand that transfers it and that's why.
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Why is a spark more likely to jump to your finger than your forehead when you approach a charged van de graff generator?
Because love is all u need baby, I love you
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What is a gap?
One spark plug or points it is the air space that the spark has to jump from one terminal to the other
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put your finger up your nose and jump off a cliff
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An electrostatic meter reads static electricity without contact - and is safer to use if very high voltage of static build-up is likely to be present. Under more normal examples of static build-up (in your body, or conductive surface, nylon carpet, etc.) a spark will jump between your finger and the conductive material. As a static spark could cause a fire (in a corn mill, and in sensitive production processes, etc.) all the equipment will be earthed.
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Do piranhas jump out the water at people?
they can definitely jump I own one at my home and it tried to bite my finger but it faild because I removed my finger faster than the piranha and then guess what it jumped for it so if a piranha was hungry yes it could jump out of the water and bite you and return to the water again so the answer is yes and remember that piranhas hunt in packs
What can cause electronstons jump across a gap and cause a spark?
an imbalance of charges between surfaces
Why did your car blow up after you jumped it?
You might have caused a spark trying to jump off the vehicle
What is the effect of a spark plug when there is no plug gap at all?
If you have no gap meaning the electrodes are touching then the spark plug is being grounded therefore causing a no spark situation. There has to be a gap in order for the electricity to jump from the electrode to the ground.
