electrostatics cp #2

Two like charges

•  neutralize each other.
• repel each other. 
• must be neutrons. 
• attract each other.

The charge of an electron is 

• positive. 
• negative. 
• Electrons have no charge

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

When a balloon is rubbed on clothes it acquires a charge by ___________

• Induction
• reduction
• friction 
• concuction

When a glass rod is rubbed with silk and the glass rod becomes positively charged, what happens to the electrons?

• they are removed from the rod
• they are added to the rod

What do you call the process of charging a conductor by bringing it near another charged object?

• induction
• polarization
• neutralization
• conduction

What direction are the electric field lines around a proton?

• towards the charge

• away from the charge

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

• copper
• silver
• Glass
• aluminum