A student touches a rubber ball with a negatively charged plastic rod. How will the negative charges be distributed on the ball?(1 point)

Question

Responses

On the ball’s surface where the rod touches the ball
On the ball’s surface where the rod touches the ball

Evenly distributed on the ball’s surface
Evenly distributed on the ball’s surface

Evenly distributed on the ball’s inside
Evenly distributed on the ball’s inside

On the bottom of the ball’s surface

Answer 1

When a negatively charged plastic rod touches a rubber ball, the negative charges (electrons) from the rod will move to the ball. Since the rubber ball is a conductor, the negative charges will redistribute themselves evenly across the surface of the ball. Therefore, the correct response is:

Evenly distributed on the ball’s surface.