Chapter 6.1, Problem 4R

To determine

To explain: the way by which an electrically neutral objects can become electrically charged, although charge cannot be created or destroyed.

Explanation of Solution

Introduction:

According to the law of conservation of charge, energy can neither be created nor destroyed but it can be transferred from object to object.

Electrically neutral objects become electrically charged by gaining electrons from the charged object or losing electrons to the charged object. If the neutral object gains electron, it becomes negatively charged and if it loses electrons, it becomes positively charged.

Another way in which a neutral object becomes electrically charged is by rearrangement of electron on the neutral object caused by a nearby charged object.

Conclusion:

Two ways of charging a body is charging by contact and charging by induction.