Question

Haley rubs a cotton cloth along a plastic strip. The plastic strip becomes positively charged. Why did this happen?

The plastic strip gained protons from the cotton.

The plastic strip lost protons to the cotton.
The plastic strip gained electrons from the cotton.OR,The plastic strip lost electrons to the cotton.

Answer 1

When two different materials are rubbed together, there is a transfer of electrons from one material to the other material. This causes one object to become positively charged (the electron loser) and the other object to become negatively charged (the electron gainer

Answer 2

When two different materials are rubbed together, there is a transfer of electrons from one material to the other material. This causes one object to become positively charged (the electron loser) and the other object to become negatively charged (the electron gainer).