10 Questions
Which type of material allows free electrons to move freely throughout the solid?
Conductors
What is the process called when charges move between two objects that are in contact with each other?
Charging by contact
What process is used to create a net charge without contacting another object?
Charging by induction
Which of the following best describes static electricity?
An object obtaining a net amount of positive or negative electric charge
What happens when two pieces of tape that are both stuck to a table are ripped off and tried to stick together?
They repel each other
Why do the two pieces of tape attract each other when one is stuck on top of the other, ripped off, and then separated?
One piece of tape stole negative charges from the other
According to Coulomb's Law, the force between two charged particles is equal to the product of the two charges, divided by the distance between them squared. What is the proportionality constant in this equation?
9 times 10 to the ninth Coulombs
What is the charge of a single electron in Coulombs?
1.6 times 10 to the negative 19th Coulombs
What is the force between two electrons that are 1 nanometer apart?
2.3 times 10 to the -10 Newtons
What happens to the force between two charged particles when the distance between them doubles?
The force between them reduces to a quarter of the original value
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