[ELI5] What causes static electricity?

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My 5 year old nephew actually asked me this today and i had no way to explain before explaining what electrons are, what is a charge..

How do I simplify it?

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There is no simple answer for what change is. Your best option is to say, matter is made of two kind of little particles, one positive and the other is negative. The opposites attract. When you rub things together these charges can jump from one thing to the other making one slightly negative and the other slightly positive so they attract.

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