Blog 18 Q3

In this week's Physics lessons, we were introduced to electrical charges of objects. There are three types of charges an object can have: positive (+), negative (-) or neutral (o). The charges are based on how many electrons an object has. Generally, objects are neutrally charged, but as electrons are transferred, objects gain a positive or negative net charge. If an object gains electrons, there would be more electrons than protons thus the object would be negative overall. If an object were to lose electrons, the object would be positively charged because there would be less electrons than protons. A great example of this is a piece of tape. It's neutrally charged, but when placed on surface (desk) and ripped off quickly, the friction causes the transfer of electrons and causes the piece of tape to have a charge.