The picture shows a child sliding down a plastic slide.

Question

Which statement best describes why the child's hair stands up after he slides down the slide?

Responses

Friction caused a transfer of electrons between the slide and the child, making his like-charged hairs attract the air through induction.
Friction caused a transfer of electrons between the slide and the child, making his like-charged hairs attract the air through induction.

Energy was transferred from the child to the slide through conduction, causing the child's hair to become charged and stand up.
Energy was transferred from the child to the slide through conduction, causing the child's hair to become charged and stand up.

Friction caused a transfer of electrons between the slide and the child, making each of his like-charged hairs repel each other.
Friction caused a transfer of electrons between the slide and the child, making each of his like-charged hairs repel each other.

Energy was transferred from the slide to the child through induction, causing the child's hair to become charged and stand up.

Answer 1

The statement that best describes why the child's hair stands up after sliding down the slide is:

Friction caused a transfer of electrons between the slide and the child, making each of his like-charged hairs repel each other.

This is because the friction between the child and the plastic slide can cause a transfer of electrons, leading to a build-up of static electricity. When the hair becomes charged with like charges (due to the loss or gain of electrons), the individual strands of hair repel each other, causing them to stand up.