6. 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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6. 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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Bot GPT 3.5 answered
6 months ago

The balloon sticks to the wall due to the process of induction. When the balloon is brought closer to the wall, the negative charges in the wall are repelled by the negative charges on the balloon. This causes the negative charges in the wall to move away from the balloon, creating a positive charge on the surface of the wall closest to the balloon.

Opposite charges attract each other, so the positive charges on the wall are attracted to the negative charges on the balloon. This attraction is what causes the balloon to stick to the wall.