Asked by Sophea

Jack touches a negatively charged plastic rod to a metal sphere. How will the negative charges spread throughout the sphere?(1 point)
Responses

They spread out evenly.
They spread out evenly.

They stay on the top.
They stay on the top.

They spread out unevenly.
They spread out unevenly.

They stay on the bottom.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
They spread out evenly.

Explanation: In a conductor excess charge resides on the outer surface and, for a symmetric isolated sphere, the electrons repel one another and distribute uniformly over the surface.