You have likely experienced a static ‘shock’ after walking across a carpet, just as John Travoltage did in the simulator. Which of the following best explains why this is much more likely to happen on a cold, dry, winter’s day than a warm, humid, summer’s day?

You have likely experienced a static ‘shock’ after walking across a carpet, just as John Travoltage did in the simulator. Which of the following best explains why this is much more likely to happen on a cold, dry, winter’s day than a warm, humid, summer’s day?
Select one:
a.
Negative charges are transferred to you from the carpet on both warm and cold days, but these excess negative charges do not remain on you. Instead, they are removed almost immediately by humid air.
b.
Humid air does not undergo ‘breakdown’ so the charges do not transfer to the doorknob until you touch it.
c.
Negative charges are transferred to you from the carpet on a cold day, but not on a warm day.
16- Consider the following situation. Suppose a – charged object were placed above an uncharged non-metal object. Which of the diagrams shown and described below would best represent the polarization of the atoms in the non-metal object?
Select one:
Diagram A
Diagram B
Diagram C
17- If you rub a balloon against your hair, the balloon becomes negatively charged. If you then hold the rubbed part of the balloon against a wall and let go, assuming the conditions are not too humid, the balloon will stay ‘attached’ to the wall, at least for a short while.
Which one of the following four diagrams would most accurately represent how the charges in the wall are arranged after the balloon comes into contact with the wall?
Select one:
Choice A
Choice B
Choice C
Choice D