Are You Electrically Charged Up?

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What is the unit of charge?

Ampere

Coulomb (correct)

Volt

Ohm

What is electric charge?

A type of energy that flows through wires

A fundamental property of matter that can be either positive or negative (correct)

A type of magnetic field

A type of light wave

What is Coulomb's law?

The force between two point charges is directly proportional to the square of the distance between them

The force between two point charges is directly proportional to the product of their magnitudes and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them (correct)

The force between two point charges is directly proportional to the distance between them

The force between two point charges is inversely proportional to the product of their magnitudes

What is the electric field?

A property of space around a charged object that exerts a force on other charged objects placed in that field Signup and view all the answers

What is Gauss's law?

Relates the electric field to the distribution of charge Signup and view all the answers

What is Coulomb's law?

The force between two point charges is directly proportional to the product of their magnitudes and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. Signup and view all the answers

What is the unit of electric charge?

Coulomb (C) Signup and view all the answers

What are electric field lines used for?

To represent both the direction and magnitude of the electric field Signup and view all the answers

What is the superposition principle?

The total electric field at a point due to multiple charges is the vector sum of the individual electric fields produced by each charge. Signup and view all the answers