Hi all,
I am a little confused with a charge flow for the case when a negatively charged body is connected to the earth. If the Earth has net negative charge, why the electrons from the body go to the ground anyway?

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Hi all, 
I am a little confused with a charge flow for the case when a negatively charged body is connected to the earth. If the Earth has net negative charge, why the electrons from the body go to the ground anyway?

anonymous · Answer

Because earth not really does have negative charge .... its neutral means it has the same amount of negative charges as positive and is any charge flows into it generates the opposite charging making itself neutral again