**There is only one incorrect statement**
Which of the following statements about conductors and insulators is NOT correct?
a-Charges can move freely in insulators.
b-Charges can move freely in conductors.
c-In conductors, one or more of the outer electrons from an atom are no longer bound to the atom.
d-In insulators, all the electrons from an atom are bonded to the atom.
e-Charges in both conductors and insulators can become polarized, i.e., one end has charges of one sign and the other end has charges of opposite sign.
The incorrect statement is :
a- Charges can move freely in insulators.
The correct statements are:
b-Charges can move freely in conductors.
c-In conductors, one or more of the outer electrons from an atom are no longer bound to the atom:
(These electrons are called "free electrons")
d-In insulators, all the electrons from an atom are bonded to the atom.
(No free electrons in insulators, hence no electric conductivity in insulators)
e-Charges in both conductors and insulators can become polarized, i.e., one end has charges of one sign and the other end has charges of opposite sign.
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