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QuestionDoes the salinity of the water have any effect on how well it bends?Bess Ruff is a Geography PhD student at Florida State University. She received her MA in Environmental Science and Management from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2016. She has conducted survey work for marine spatial planning projects in the Caribbean and provided research support as a graduate fellow for the Sustainable Fisheries Group.This is a great question. Try the experiment again using salt water instead of fresh water and see if there is a change.
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QuestionHow do I charge an object?Community AnswerYou can charge an object by rubbing it against any piece of cloth, as it induces a charge in it, or you can charge a substance by passing electricity through it.
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QuestionWhy does the water bend because of static energy?Community AnswerThe water contains positive and negative charges, but those are not all in the same place, they are spread across the whole stream of water. So when you move a charged object towards the water, the object will attract the particles of one charge, and repulse particles of the other charge.
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QuestionWhy does a plastic comb work better than a metal comb at "bending" water?Community AnswerIt has to do with the number of electrons in the valence shells of the materials. Plastic has too few; metals have too many.
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QuestionWill a charged plastic pen have an effect on a small trickle of water?Community AnswerNo, as water is neutral it does not attain any charge even if a charged particle or a substance is brought near it.
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