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Which kind of forces are spring force, gravitational force, and Coulomb force?
Which kind of forces are spring force, gravitational force, and Coulomb force?
- Centripetal forces
- Conservative forces (correct)
- Non-conservative forces
- Frictional forces
What is the dependence of both gravitational force and Coulomb force on distance?
What is the dependence of both gravitational force and Coulomb force on distance?
- Inverse-square dependence (correct)
- Exponential dependence
- Linear dependence
- No dependence on distance
What happens to the potential energy of a body when the external force is removed?
What happens to the potential energy of a body when the external force is removed?
- It remains constant
- It decreases
- It gets converted to kinetic energy (correct)
- It increases
What is the sum of kinetic and potential energies conserved for?
What is the sum of kinetic and potential energies conserved for?
What are the proportionality constants in the gravitational law replaced by in Coulomb's law?
What are the proportionality constants in the gravitational law replaced by in Coulomb's law?