Electric Universe (David Bodanis) Pre-writing
What if the very existence of electrical forces stopped? (Electric Universe, David Bodanis, 2004, p 3 - 4)
“All the Earth’s oceans would gush upward and evaporate as the electrical bond between water molecules broke apart. DNA strands within our body would no longer hold together. Any air-breathing organism that was still intact would begin to suffocate, for without electrical attraction, the oxygen molecules in air would bounce uselessly off the hemoglobin molecules in blood.
The ground itself would open up and begin to melt as the electrical forces that hold the silicates and other substances of our planet together let go. Mountains would collapse into the voids left where the continental plates had torn apart. In the last moments, a few living beings would see the sun itself switch off, as our star’s electrically carried light abruptly stopped and the world’s very last day turned to night.”
Now, you answer this question in 2 – 3 paragraphs: (Use additional paper if necessary.)
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