Blog 9

In the past few weeks of physics, we have learned about how static electricity works.  When an object becomes negatively charged (gains electrons), it tries to become neutral, through losing electrons.  To do so, many objects give electrons to water molecules in the air, due to these molecules being polar.  In a humid environment, the air is filled with water molecules.  This causes a person to have an easier time having a neutral charge again.  However, in a dry environment, like a ski resort, there is a smaller amount of water molecules in the air.  This makes it difficult for a person, like me, who gains a charge, to lose the excess electrons.  After the picture below was taken, I took off my beanie and felt my hair start to stand up.  It was really WEIRD