Uses and Examples of Static Electricity

Static electricity is created when two materials rub together and electrons are transported from one surface to the other. This causes one surface to take on the role of a negatively charged, which has gained electrons from the other surface. And the surface that has lost electrons to the the negatively charged surface, is positively charged due to lack of electrons. The both attract to each other, because + and - are always attracted to each other. Static Electricity is basically energy that doesn't have its electrons moving.