electrostatic

1. What types of charges attract?

• Positive and Positive

• Positive and Neutral

• Negative and Neutral

• Positive and Negative

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2. The accumulation of excess electric charge on an object is called

• Static electricity

• Electric discharge

• Resistance

• Circuit

3.Plastic is an example of _______.

• an insulator

• a conductor

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4. What causes static electricity?

• only an object losing electrons

• only an object gaining electrons

• when positive and negative charges balance

• when positive and negative charges are not balanced

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5. The study of electric charges at rest.

• electrostatics

• nuclear physics

• kinematics

• mechanics

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6. Like charges

• attract

• repel

• ignore each other

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7.Opposite charges

• attract

• repel

• do not interact

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8. Consider the conduction charging shown.

• Electrons move from the insulating stand into the sphere.

• Protons move from the bar into the sphere.

• Protons move from the sphere into the negatively charged bar.

• Electrons move from the charged metal bar into the sphere.

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9.A glass rod becomes positively charged when it is rubbed with silk. This net positive charge accumulates because the glass rod

• gains electrons

• loses electrons

• gains protons

• loses protons

10.A metal sphere having an excess of +5 elementary charges has a net electric charge of

• 8.0 x 10^-19 C

• 8.0 x 10¹⁹ C

• 3.0 x 10^-19 C

• 2.8 x 10^-19 C

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