12 Questions
What is the study of the forces acting between charges at rest called?
Electrostatics
What is the fundamental quantity of electricity?
Charge
What is a body with an equal number of electrons and protons called?
Electrically Neutral
What is the result of an atom losing or gaining an electron?
It becomes positively or negatively charged
What is the term for a subatomic particle with no electrical charge?
Neutron
What is the method of charging where an object becomes charged without physical contact with a charged object?
Induction
What type of charge does an electron have?
Negative
What type of materials allow charge to move easily within them?
Conductors
What is the study of the forces acting between charges in motion called?
Electromagnetism
What is the SI unit of charge?
Coulomb
What is the direction of the electric field lines around a positively charged object?
They diverge from the object
What is the relationship between the electric field strength and the line density?
They are directly proportional
Learn the basics of electricity, including the three main categories: Electrostatics, Electric Current, and Electromagnetism. Understand the concept of charge and how it interacts.
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