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Electrostatic Charge

Attraction and Repulsion.

Opposite charges attract (pull towards each other),
Like charges repel (push away from each other).

This means that two positively charged things will repel each other,
two negatively charged things will repel each other.
One positively charged thing
and one negatively charged thing will attract each other.

Attract and Repel - Electrostatic Charges
The further apart the charged things are,
the weaker the forces of attraction and repulsion are.

You can show whether something is charged or not
by using a gold leaf electroscope.

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