A fun look at science working in the world around you, plus a cool experiment to test it out. Yes, it is.
Static electricity is the build-up of a charge of either electrons or protons on a material.
Electrons and protons, along with neutrons, are the primary parts of an atom. Atoms are usually drawn looking like little solar systems. The neutral neutrons and the positively charged protons are found in the center, or nucleus, of the atom. Circling around the nucleus are the electrons with a negative charge. While the orbits of the planets are locked into one plane, electrons can be in any plane, and therefore they're called orbitals.