Photocopier

Question 1

1. What happens to the plate?

Answer 1

• the image plate is positively charged. An image o what you’re copying is projected onto it

Question 2

2. Light

Answer 2

• whiter bits of what you’re copying make light fall on the plate and the charge leaks away in those places

Question 3

3. Dark

Answer 3

The charged bits attract negatively charged black powder, which is transferred onto positively charged paper

Question 4

4. What is done to the paper?

Answer 4

The paper is heated so the powder sticks

Question 5

5. Final product?

Answer 5

Voilà, a photocopy of your piece of paper