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Question 9
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A student holds a metal rod in their bare hand and rubs it with a dry cloth. The metal rod does not become charged. What is the best explanation?

[1]
A

Metals have no electrons that can be rubbed off by a cloth

B

The cloth gains electrons from the rod and then loses them

C

Metal rods are too smooth for any rubbing to take place

D

Charge flows through the student to earth, so none is left

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2.5 Static electricity Questions

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40 exam-style questions on AQA GCSE Physics 2.5 Static electricity, covering 2.5.1 Static charge and 2.5.2 Electric fields. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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