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 inside
Evenly distributed on the ball’s inside

On the bottom of the ball’s surface
On the bottom of the ball’s surface

Evenly distributed on the ball’s surface

Answer 1

When a negatively charged plastic rod touches a neutral rubber ball, the negative charges (electrons) from the rod will transfer to the ball due to contact. This will cause the negative charges to redistribute throughout the ball.

The correct response is:

Evenly distributed on the ball’s surface.

Once the electrons are transferred, they will spread out across the surface of the ball, as like charges repel each other and they will seek to be as far apart as possible.