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What is the physical property of matter that causes it to experience a force when placed in an electromagnetic field?
Electric charge
What is the symbol used to represent electric charge?
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Which subatomic particles carry negative charge in ordinary matter?
Electrons
What kind of charge do like charges have in relation to each other?
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What is the smallest charge that can exist freely?
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Which subatomic particles carry positive charge in ordinary matter?
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What type of charge is carried by particles called quarks?
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In the Standard Model, what type of quantum number is charge?
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What is the smallest unit of charge that can exist freely?
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If there are more protons than electrons in a piece of matter, what kind of charge will it have?
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