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?
A Energy is transferred from you to the slide through conduction, causing your hair to become charged and stand up.
B Energy is transferred from the slide to you through induction, causing your hair to become charged and stand up.
C Friction causes a transfer of electrons between the slide and you, making each of your like-charged hairs repel each other.
D Friction causes a transfer of electrons between the slide and you, making your like-charged hairs attract the air through induction.
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C Friction causes a transfer of electrons between the slide and you, making each of your like-charged hairs repel each other.
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