A person wearing shoes with rubber soles walks across a nylon carpet.
The person becomes charged.
Explain how the person becomes charged.
Explain why the charge stays on the person while they are walking.
The person touches a metal radiator. The radiator is connected to earth.
The person feels a small electric shock.
Explain why.
Suggest one way the person could avoid getting an electric shock from the radiator.
91 exam-style questions on Edexcel GCSE Physics 11.1 Charging by friction, covering 11.1.1 Charging insulators by friction, 11.1.2 Forces between charges, 11.1.3 Electrostatic phenomena, and 11.1.4 Earthing and removing charge. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.