10 Questions
What is the study of electricity concerned with?
The production, property, and use of electrical energy
What is the main focus of electrostatics?
Studying electric charge at rest
How does electrostatics manifest in everyday scenarios?
Through transfer of electric charge between materials
What appliances in the home depend on electricity to work?
Lights, electric heating, and electric stoves
Why does electricity have an important place in modern society?
It is a controllable and convenient form of energy for various uses
What is the SI unit of electric charge?
Coulomb (C)
When does an object become positively charged?
When it loses electrons
What is the charge of an electron?
$-1.6 \times 10^{-19}$ C
What happens to the total charge present in a body when electrons are added or removed?
The total charge remains the same
What does the law of conservation of charge state?
Electric charges are transferred from one material to another during electrification
Test your knowledge about the fundamentals of electricity including static electricity and current electricity. Understand the production, properties, and use of electrical energy, as well as the physical phenomena associated with the presence and flow of electric charge.
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