Unit 8 coulomb's law day 1

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What do you think of when you hear the words "static electricity"

(type a 1-2 word response below)

Multiple Choice

Which two particles are attracted to each other?

• neutron and neutron

• proton and proton

• proton and electron

• electron and electron

Multiple Choice

based on the charges, what type of force would the balloon and sweater experience?

• attraction

• repulsion

Multiple Choice

When you walk across a carpet, charge moves from one place to another. This is an example of charge being moved by

• Triboelectric effect

• induction

• conduction

Multiple Choice

When you walk across a nylon carpet, you become positively charged. When you then touch a metal handle you receive a shock because because electrons jump from the handle to your hand. This is an example of

• Triboelectric effect

• induction

• conduction

Multiple Choice

When you pull a cotton sweater off your skin, electrons are transferred from the ___________________ (cotton, skin) to the __________________ (cotton, skin). As a result, your body acquires a ___________ (+ , -) charge and the cotton sweater acquires a ___________ (+ , -) charge.

• skin, cotton, +, -
• cotton, skin, +, -
• skin , cotton, -, +
• cotton, skin, -, +

Multiple Choice

Based on Coulomb's Law, a larger distance means that...

• Gravitational force will increase

• Electrostatic force will increase

• Gravitational force will decrease

• Electrostatic force will decrease

Multiple Select

For question #2 both charges were positive. The arrows in this question are pointing _____(towards / away) from each other. This tells me the force is _____ (attractive / repulsive)

SELECT AN ANSWER FOR EACH BLANK

• towards

• away

• attractive

• repulsive

Multiple Choice

If one of the charges doubles, what happens to the force?

• it doubles

• it gets cut in half

• it quadruples

• it is cut by 1/4

Multiple Select

If you combine the scenarios for question 5 and 7, what would happen to the force of gravity?

(one is doubled, the other is reduced by factor of four)

Force of gravity would (increase / decrease) by a factor of _____.

• Increase

• Decrease

• 8

• 1/8

• 1/2