How might an uncharged object become positively charged? (e.g. AQA Higher specimen paper 1)

Ask student what causes charge, i.e. motion of electrons.

So answer is that electrons move away from the object leaving it positively charged, or move onto a neutral object leaving it negatively charged.

JW

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