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Electric Charge Observation Experiment

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What is the key observation made by the ancient Greeks about the material called amber?

Amber can attract small pieces of dust after being rubbed with a piece of plastic.
Amber can attract small pieces of dust after being rubbed with a piece of animal fur. (correct)
Amber can attract small pieces of dust after being rubbed with a piece of silk.
Amber can attract small pieces of dust after being rubbed with a piece of glass.

What is the term used to describe the effect observed when a comb is placed near bits of paper after combing dry hair?

Gravitation
Electrostatics (correct)
Magnetism
Electromagnetism

What is the relationship between the charges on the plastic rods and the glass rods after they are rubbed against their respective materials?

The plastic rods and glass rods acquire opposite types of charge, and they attract each other. (correct)
The plastic rods and glass rods both acquire the same type of charge, and they repel each other.
The plastic rods and glass rods both acquire the same type of charge, and they attract each other.
The plastic rods and glass rods acquire opposite types of charge, and they repel each other.

What is the law of electrostatics that describes the relationship between like and opposite charges?

Like charges repel, and opposite charges attract. (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the convention used to describe the two kinds of electric charge, as suggested by Benjamin Franklin?

Positive and negative (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the value of the elementary charge e according to the text?

$1.60 \times 10^{-19}$ C (C) Signup and view all the answers

What determines whether an atom is electrically neutral or charged?

The relative number of protons and electrons (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the SI unit for electric charge according to the text?

Coulomb (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the relationship between the charges of two objects according to the text?

Two positively charged objects repel each other, while a positively and a negatively charged object attract each other. (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the second property of electric charge?

Electric charge is quantized. (B) Signup and view all the answers

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