By considering the molecules of an insulator, explain how an insulator can be overall neutral but carry a surface charge when polarized.
A) Inside the insulator, the oppositely charged ends of the molecules cancel each other.
B) Inside the insulator, the oppositely charged ends of the molecules do not cancel each other.
C) The electron distribution in all the molecules shifts in every possible direction, leaving an excess of positive charge on the opposite end of each molecule
D) The electron distribution in all the molecules shifts in a given direction, leaving an excess of negative charge on the opposite end of each molecule
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