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As you are sliding down a plastic slide in a playground, your hair stands up on its ends. Which statement best explains why your hair stands up after sliding down the plastic slide?(1 point)
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Friction causes a transfer of electrons between the slide and you, making each of your like-charged hairs repel each other.
Friction causes a transfer of electrons between the slide and you, making each of your like-charged hairs repel each other.

Friction causes a transfer of electrons between the slide and you, making your like-charged hairs attract the air through induction.
Friction causes a transfer of electrons between the slide and you, making your like-charged hairs attract the air through induction.

Energy is transferred from you to the slide through conduction, causing your hair to become charged and stand up.
Energy is transferred from you to the slide through conduction, causing your hair to become charged and stand up.

Energy is transferred from the slide to you through induction, causing your hair to become charged and stand up.
Energy is transferred from the slide to you through induction, causing your hair to become charged and stand up.
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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Friction causes a transfer of electrons between the slide and you, making each of your like-charged hairs repel each other.

Slipping down the plastic slide produces triboelectric charging: hairs pick up the same sign of charge, so they repel one another and stand up.