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

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

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

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

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

Answer 1

When a negatively charged plastic rod touches a rubber ball, the excess negative charges will repel one another. The negative charges will distribute themselves on the surface of the ball due to the repulsive forces among them. Therefore, the correct response is:

Evenly distributed on the ball’s surface.