Introduction to Static Electricity and Electrostatics
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What is the Greek word for amber?

  • Elektron (correct)
  • Proton
  • Neutron
  • Coulomb
  • Who observed that many substances have the same ability as amber to attract nearby objects?

  • Amber Greek
  • Neutron
  • Charles-Augustin de Coulomb
  • William Gilbert (correct)
  • What is the unit of electrical charge?

  • Coulomb (correct)
  • Electron
  • Neutron
  • Proton
  • Which type of materials readily allow the flow of charges through them?

    <p>Conductors</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of material resists the flow of charges?

    <p>Plastic</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What term is used for materials intermediate between conductors and insulators?

    <p>Semiconductors</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the measure of the number of field lines passing through a surface?

    <p>Electric Flux</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who introduced the use of electric lines of force to map out an electric field?

    <p>Michael Faraday</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the process of adding atoms of different elements to pure semiconductors to improve their conductivity called?

    <p>Doping</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which physicist discovered superconductivity by cooling mercury to a temperature of about 4 K?

    <p>Heike Kamerlingh Onnes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What causes any charged particle placed in it to experience an electric force?

    <p>Electric Field</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the Superposition Principle, what is the total force acting on a given charge equal to?

    <p>The vector sum of forces exerted on it by all the other charges</p> Signup and view all the answers

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