Without touching them, material that has been electrically charged pulls on all other materials and may either push or pull other charged materials.
The most closely related standard is at a higher level of sophistication.
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Physical Science: Motions and forces Grades 9-12, page 180 The electric force is a universal force that exists between any two charged objects. Opposite charges attract while like charges repel. The strength of the force is proportional to the charges, and, as with gravitation, inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. |