• Question: If you rub a balloon on your head and then put it to a battery with a light bulb on the end would the light bulb light up?

    Asked by 448heam32 to Eoin, Fiona, Ivor, Karl, Pattie on 23 Feb 2018.
    • Photo: Pattie Mathieu

      Pattie Mathieu answered on 23 Feb 2018:


      No. While the balloon does build up an electric charge when rubbed, it isn’t going to build up enough of a charge to power a light bulb.

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