Static Electricity or Electrostatics Lab Report Homework Help | Page 3

Rub an inflated balloon against your hair and then try to stick it to the same objects you used for
Step A. Does rubbing with fur work as well as, better than, or worse than if you rub the balloon
against your hair instead?
Bring the charged balloon close to the paper scraps from Part 2. How does the rubbed balloon
affect the paper bits?
After rubbing a balloon with fur, bring the balloon near but NOT touching a very thin stream of
water. Record your observations. Does the same thing happen when other charged objects are
brought near the water? Try some and record the results. Be careful to NOT get the fur wet
Part V
1. A.
Describe what you observed. Why does this happen? Use appropriate
diagrams to help you explain.
2. B. Exactly what was the purpose of touching the ball while the ruler was nearby?
3. C. Draw appropriate diagrams to support your verbal descriptions. You should
draw more than one illustrative diagram for this section.
Neutralize the aluminum foil ball. Bring the charged ruler close enough to the ball so that the ball
gently and quickly touches it only once. Describe what you observe just after they touch. Explain
why this happens in both words and appropriate diagrams