Question

Define static electricity.

Answer 1

1. Static electricity is the imbalance in the electric charges in a body.
2. It mainly occurs due to the contact between solid objects.
3. If we rub ebonite with silk electrons flow from silk to ebonite.
4. So silk gets a positive charge and ebonite gets a positive charge.
5. This flow of charge is called static electricity.
6. Hence, static electricity is the imbalance in the electric charges in a body.