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 value is a Coulomb the unit for?

• Charge

• Force

• Distance

• Mass

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What value do "Newtons" represent?

• Electrostatic Charge

• Force

• Distance

• Mass

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

• increase

• decrease

• stay the same

• first increase, then decrease

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The variable "r" in Coulomb's Law would have what units?

• Joules

• Coulombs

• Newtons

• Meters

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What does "r" measure?

• the distance between the two charged objects

• the amount of charge carried by the objects

• the amount of force between two charged objects

• the constant value for forces between the objects

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What does F_e stand for?

• the electrostatic force

• the symbol for iron

• the constant for the charges

• the charges of the particles

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What will be the units of F (or F_e)?

• Newtons

• Meters

• Coulombs

• Joules

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