Electrostatics

What does it mean when the electric field lines are close together?

• the field is positive
• the field is negative
• The field is strong
• the field is weak

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Which of the following labeled points is in the region with the strongest force of electric charge

• A
• B
• C
• D

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The electrostatic force between two charges located 2 meters apart is 0.10 N.  What will the force be between these charges when they are located 1 meter apart?

• 0.40 N
• 0.20 N
• 0.10 N
• 0.05 N

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What is it called when an object gains a charge when touched by a charged object?

• Induction
• ESD
• Conduction
• Conducting path

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How is the electric force between two charges affected when both of the charges are doubled?

• four times as much
• two times as much
• half as much
• one quarter as much

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which is the field for opposite charges

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When an object gains electrons it becomes __________

• Neutral

• Positively charged

• Negatively charged

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The charge on a metallic sphere is

• concentrated at the top

• concentrated at the bottom

• evenly distributed

• not distributed at all

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When two rulers are rubbed against wool will ________ each other because they are ___________ charges

• attract; like

• attract, unlike

• repel; like

• repel; unlike

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The gold leaves of an electroscope deflect when a positively charged ruler is brought to the metal cap because __________

• one leaf is positive and the other is neutral

• both leaves are positively charged

• one leaf is positive and the other is negative

• one leaf is negative and the other is neutral