Gr 10 Physical Sciences Ch 12 SUM: Electrostatics

What is the condition when an object has equal amounts of positive and negative charge?

What is the net charge of an object with 8 positive charges and 6 negative charges?

What carries negative charges?

What happens to the number of electrons when an object becomes positively charged?

What is tribo-electric charging?

What happens to the cloth when you rub it against a plastic ruler?

What determines the arrangement of materials in a tribo-electric series?

What happens to the amber when wool is rubbed against it?

What is the term for the force exerted by static charges on each other?

Which of the following charges attract each other?

What is the principle that states that charge is neither created nor destroyed?

What is the characteristic of materials that allow electrons to move freely?

What happens to excess charge on a conductor?

What is the result of bringing two identical conducting spheres into contact?

What is the term for the transfer of electrons between materials through contact or rubbing?

What is the characteristic of materials that do not allow electrons to move freely?

What is the result of placing an excess charge on an insulator?

What is the significance of sharp points on conductors?

What is the purpose of a lightning rod on a building?

What is the unit of charge carried by a single electron?

What is the principle of charge quantisation?

What happens when a charged object is brought close to a neutral insulator?

What is the characteristic of conductors that enables them to distribute charge evenly over their surfaces?

What happens when two conductors touch?

What is the characteristic of insulators that prevents the even distribution of charge?

What is the experiment that measured the charge of an electron?

What is the phenomenon that occurs when a charged object is brought close to a neutral insulator?

What is the shape of a conductor that enables the even distribution of charge?

What happens when two like charges are brought close together?

What is the strength of the electrostatic force proportional to?

What happens when a glass rod is rubbed with silk?

What is the result of bringing two rods with opposite charges close together?

What is the purpose of rubbing a glass rod with silk in an experiment?

What is the characteristic of water molecules that allows them to be attracted to a charged object?

What happens when a charged rod is brought close to a stream of water?

What is the result of rubbing a plastic rod with fur?

What happens when an object has a net positive charge?

What is the purpose of tribo-electric charging?

What determines the type of charge an object acquires through tribo-electric charging?

Why does an object become positively charged when electrons are removed?

What is the result of rubbing a cotton cloth against a plastic ruler?

What happens when an object has a net negative charge?

Why do materials in a tribo-electric series tend to gain or lose electrons?

What is the result of transferring negative charge to an object?

What is the primary factor that determines the strength of the electrostatic force between two charges?

Which of the following statements is true about the conservation of charge?

What happens to the charge on a conductor when it is brought into contact with a neutral object?

Why do sharp points on conductors cause charge to leak off?

What is the characteristic of conductors that allows them to distribute charge evenly over their surfaces?

What happens when two identical conducting spheres come into contact and share their charge?

Why do insulators prevent the even distribution of charge?

What is the result of the electrostatic force between two like charges?

What is the significance of the electrostatic force in everyday life?

What is the primary reason for the distribution of charge on a spherical conductor?

What happens to the charge on a conductor when it is placed on a sharp point?

What is the minimum amount of charge that can exist on an object?

Why do insulators not allow electrons to move freely?

What is the result of polarisation in a neutral insulator?

What is the purpose of a lightning rod on a building?

Why do identical conductors share the total charge between them when they touch?

What is the characteristic of materials that are naturally polarised?

What is the result of placing an excess charge on an insulator?

What is the significance of the experiment known as Millikan's oil drop experiment?

What is the phenomenon that occurs when a charged object is brought close to a neutral insulator?

What happens when two glass rods, both rubbed with silk, are brought close together?

What is the direction of the electrostatic force between two opposite charges?

What happens to the strength of the electrostatic force as the distance between the charges increases?

What is the characteristic of water molecules that allows them to be attracted to a charged object?

What happens when a positively charged rod is brought close to a stream of water?

What is the purpose of the experiment involving rubbing a glass rod with silk and then bringing a plastic rod rubbed with fur close to it?

What is the result of bringing two identical charged rods close together?

What is the relationship between the strength of the electrostatic force and the distance between the charges?

What is the net charge of an object with 6 positive charges and 9 negative charges?

What happens to an object when it gains electrons?

What is the purpose of the tribo-electric series?

What happens to the negative charge when a cotton cloth is rubbed against a plastic ruler?

Why do objects become electrically charged when there is an imbalance of positive and negative charges?

What determines the type of charge an object acquires through tribo-electric charging?

What is the result of having an equal number of positive and negative charges on an object?

What happens when an object is electron-deficient?

What is the primary reason why like charges repel each other?

What is the significance of the distance between charges in the electrostatic force?

What is the characteristic of water molecules that allows them to be attracted to a charged object?

What happens when two rods with opposite charges are brought close together?

What is the purpose of rubbing a glass rod with silk in an experiment?

What is the result of bringing a positively charged rod close to a stream of water?

What happens when a negatively charged rod is brought close to a neutral insulator?

What is the underlying principle behind the attraction and repulsion between charges?

Which of the following is a characteristic of electrostatic force?

What is the result of bringing two charged objects with opposite charges into contact?

Why do electrons move freely in conductors?

What happens to the charge on a conductor when it is placed near a sharp point?

What is the principle of conservation of charge?

What is the characteristic of insulators that prevents the even distribution of charge?

What happens when two identical conducting spheres with different charges come into contact?

What is the primary factor that determines the strength of the electrostatic force?

Which of the following materials is a good conductor?

What is the result of tribo-electric charging?

What is the primary reason why lightning rods are placed on buildings?

What is the magnitude of the charge carried by a single electron?

What is the result of polarisation in an insulator?

What is the characteristic of materials that allows them to distribute charge evenly over their surfaces?

What is the term for the force exerted by a charged object on a neutral insulator?

What is the experiment that measured the charge of an electron?

What happens when two identical conductors touch?

What is the result of placing an excess charge on a spherical conductor?

What is the characteristic of certain materials that allows them to experience a force when brought close to a charged object?

What is the principle that states that any charge in the universe is an integer multiple of the elementary charge?

What is the primary reason for the placement of lightning rods on buildings?

What is the net charge of a material with an equal number of protons and electrons?

What is the result of polarisation when a charged object is brought close to a neutral insulator?

What is the significance of the elementary charge in the principle of charge quantisation?

What happens to the charge on a conductor when it is brought into contact with a neutral object?

What is the characteristic of materials that allows them to distribute charge evenly over their surfaces?

What is the result of bringing two identical conducting spheres into contact?

What is the significance of sharp points on conductors in relation to lightning strikes?

What is the experiment that measured the charge of an electron?

What is the characteristic of water molecules that allows them to be attracted to a charged object?

What is the primary reason why an object becomes electrically charged?

What happens to the overall charge of an object when electrons are removed?

What is the primary factor that determines the type of charge an object acquires through tribo-electric charging?

What happens to the cloth when it is rubbed against a plastic ruler, and why?

What is the characteristic of objects that are electrically neutral?

What is the purpose of tribo-electric charging in everyday life?

What is the result of transferring a negative charge to an object?

What is the significance of the tribo-electric series in understanding electric charge?

What is the fundamental reason behind the attraction and repulsion between stationary charges?

What is the main reason why a charged object can induce a charge on a neutral object, even when they are not in contact?

What is the primary reason for the attraction between the glass rod and the plastic rod in the experiment?

What is the characteristic of the electrostatic force between two charges?

What determines the strength of the electrostatic force between two charges?

What happens to the water molecules when a positively charged rod is brought close to a stream of water?

What is the primary reason why charge is not created or destroyed during physical processes?

What happens to the charge on a conductor when it is brought into contact with a neutral object?

What is the result of rubbing a glass rod with silk and then bringing it close to a similarly charged glass rod?

Why do materials in a tribo-electric series tend to gain or lose electrons?

What is the purpose of the experiment involving rubbing a glass rod with silk and a plastic rod with fur?

What is the characteristic of the electrostatic force between two identical charges?

What is the primary factor that determines the type of charge an object acquires through tribo-electric charging?

What is the consequence of the uneven distribution of charge on the surface of conductors?

What is the result of bringing a positively charged rod close to a neutral insulator?

What is the significance of the dipolar nature of water molecules?

What is the underlying principle behind the concept of like and opposite charges?

What is the significance of the principle of conservation of charge in understanding electrostatic interactions?

What is the primary reason why like charges repel each other?

What is the main factor that determines the strength of the electrostatic force between two charges?

What happens to the alignment of water molecules when a positively charged rod is brought close to a stream of water?

What is the reason behind the attraction between opposite charges?

What is the characteristic of materials that allows them to exhibit electrostatic forces?

What is the result of bringing two rods with the same type of charge close together?

What is the primary reason why the electrostatic force is stronger at shorter distances?

What is the characteristic of water molecules that allows them to be polarized?

What happens to the electrons in a material when it is rubbed against another material?

What is the primary reason why the electrostatic force is important in everyday life?

What is the effect of bringing two like charges close together?

What is the direction of the force between two opposite charges?

What is the relationship between the strength of the electrostatic force and the distance between the charges?

What happens to the water molecules when a positively charged rod is brought close to a stream of water?

What is the purpose of the experiment involving rubbing a glass rod with silk and hanging it from a string?

What is the characteristic of the electrostatic force that allows it to act over long distances?

What happens when a negatively charged rod is brought close to a positively charged rod?

What is the main property of the electrostatic force that determines its strength?

What is the result of rubbing a glass rod with silk?

What is the characteristic of the water molecules that allows them to be attracted to a charged object?