Electrostatics

Two like charges

• neutralize each other.

• repel each other.

• must be neutrons.

• attract each other.

An atom loses an electron. What type of charge does it have now?

• positive

• negative

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

Charged objects are not attracted to neutral objects

• True

• False

Which of the following is not a good conductor of electricity?

• copper

• silver

• Glass

• aluminum

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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When the distance between two charges is halved, the electrical force between the charges

• quadruples

• reduces to one fourth

• halves

• doubles

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If two balloons have the same charge, what will happen if you place them close to each other?

• Nothing

• They will be attracted

• They will pop

• They will push each other away.

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Electric charge is neither created nor destroyed, but can be rearranged.

• true
• false

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During a physics lab, a plastic strip was rubbed with cotton and became positively charged. The correct explanation for why the plastic strip becomes positively charged is that ...

• the plastic strip acquired extra protons from the cotton.

• the plastic strip acquired extra protons from the charging process

• protons were created as the result of the charging process

• the plastic strip lost electrons to the cotton during the charging process