Electrostatics Review

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What is the charge of an object that has more electrons than protons?

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Negative charge.

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What will a charged object do to a neutral object?

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Attract.

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What charge does a proton have?

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Positive.

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What happens when you charge a balloon and a sweater using friction?

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They will have opposite charges.

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What charge does an electron have?

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Negative.

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What is electrostatics?

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The study of electric charges at rest.

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What is the principle of conservation of charge?

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Charge can neither be created nor destroyed, only transferred.

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What is an insulator?

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A material that does not allow electric charges to flow freely.

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What is a conductor?

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A material that allows electric charges to flow freely.

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What is Coulomb's Law?

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The force between two charged objects is directly proportional to the product of their charges and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.