Coulomb's Law

When distance increases, electrostatic force ____________; we call this relationship ____________ proportional

• decreases;directly
• decreases;inversely
• increases;inversely
• increases;directly

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What variable is a Coulomb the unit for?

• Charge
• Force
• Distance
• Mass

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What variable do "Newtons" represent?

• Electrostatic Charge
• Force
• Distance
• Mass

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What happens to the force between two charged objects when you double the distance between them?

• 2X
• 1/2X
• 4X
• 1/4X

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What happens to the force between two charged objects if you double the distance between them and double the magnitude of one charge?

• 4X
• 6X
• 1/2X
• 1/6X

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

• Quadruples
• Doubles
• Stays the same
• Reduced by half

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If the distance doubles, what happens to the force?

• Reduced by half
• Reduced by 1/4
• Stays the same
• Quadruples

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Electrostatic force F is directly proportional to:

• r^2 (distance squared)
• q1
• q2
• both q1 and q2

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The graph shows the relationship between the force of interaction and the magnitude of charge. What type of relationship is this?

• Direct

• Indirect

• Inverse

• Reverse

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Recap:

Coulomb’s law states that the force between two charged objects will __________ when the magnitude of the object’s charge increases.

Coulomb’s law also states that the force between two charged objects will __________ when the distance between objects increases.

• increase; increase

• increase; decrease

• decrease; increase

• decrease; decrease

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