Question

Now take that same balloon and drag it over to the wall. You will notice that the blue negative charges move away in the wall and then the balloon sticks to the wall. This charge distribution is called induction, because the negative charges move without any touching. Why does the balloon stick to the wall?

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Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

The balloon sticks to the wall because of the process of induction. When the negatively charged balloon is brought close to the wall, its negative charges repel the negative charges on the surface of the wall, causing them to move away from the area of the balloon. This creates an uneven distribution of charges on the wall, with positive charges being closer to the balloon and negative charges being pushed away.

As a result, an attractive force is created between the positive charges on the wall and the negatively charged balloon. This force causes the balloon to stick to the wall, as the opposite charges attract each other. Despite there being no direct contact between the balloon and the wall, the interaction of the charges through induction allows the balloon to cling to the wall.