Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: An object can be described as ` negatively charged ' if there are more electrons than protons in an object , or ` positively charged ' when there are more protons than electrons .
Simplified: When there is an excess of electrons , the object is said to be negatively charged . When there are fewer electrons than the number of protons in nuclei , the object is said to be positively charged .