What is static electricity? Explain why a charged body loses its charge if we touch it with our hand. [3 MARKS]

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1. Static electricity results from an imbalance between negative and positive charges in objects.
2. When we touch a charged body, with our hand, the excess of accumulated charge or static charges on it, gets transfer to ground through our body.
3. Thus the charged body loses its charge, and becomes neutral.

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