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Electric Charges and Fields: Introduction and Phenomena
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Electric Charges and Fields: Introduction and Phenomena

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What is the study of forces, fields, and potentials arising from static charges called?

  • Electrodynamics
  • Electrokinetics
  • Electromagnetism
  • Electrostatics (correct)
  • Who is credited with the discovery that amber rubbed with wool or silk cloth attracts light objects?

  • Archimedes
  • Thales of Miletus (correct)
  • Aristotle
  • Pythagoras
  • What word is electricity coined from?

  • Electra
  • Energia
  • Elumin
  • Elektron (correct)
  • What is the phenomenon due to which a spark is seen or a crackle is heard when synthetic clothes are taken off, particularly in dry weather?

    <p>Discharge of electric charges through the body</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does static mean in the context of electrostatics?

    <p>Anything that does not move or change with time</p> Signup and view all the answers

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