rubbing the balloons against the woolen fabric or your hair creates static electricity. this involves negatively charged particles (electrons) jumping to positively charged objects. when you rub the balloons against your hair or the fabric they become negatively charged, they have taken some of the electrons from the hair/fabric and left them positively charged.

what would be a result of this simple static electricity experiment?

a) both your hair and the balloon would be negatively charged and static would cause them to separate.

b) rubbing the balloons against the woolen fabric or your hair creates heat energy.

c) your positively charged hair would be attracted to the negatively charged balloon and would rise up to meet the balloon.

d) static electricity is the movement of the charged particles between the objects.