Static+Electricity

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Static Electricity
•Objects are charged by adding or removing electrons •Charges can be ‘induced’ •A Van de Graaff generator makes your hair stand up
 * Stationary electric charges produced by friction**

Static Electricity and Balloons
media type="custom" key="9089238" * How can this negatively-charged balloon stick to an uncharged wall?  What the electrons are doing.

It’s all about electrons being moved, and that electrons are negatively-charged.