Electrostatics

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 

Insulators are different than conductors in that insulators ____.

• do not contain electrons or protons 
•  do not contain any charge
• have a weaker affinity for electrons 
• do not allow charge to freely move 

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

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 A balloon is rubbed against a student's hair and then touched to a wall. The balloon sticks to the wall due to

• magnetic forces between the particles of the balloon and the particles of the wall
• electrostatic forces between the particles of the balloon and the particles of the wall
• magnetic forces between the particles of the wall
• electrostatic forces between the particles of the balloon

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A negatively charged plastic comb is brought close to, but does not touch, a small piece of paper. If the comb and the paper are attracted to each other, the charge on the paper

• must be positive
• must be negative
• may be neutral or negative
• may be neutral or positive 

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When a plastic rod is rubbed with wool, the wool acquires a positive charge because

• protons are transferred from the wool to the rod
• protons are transferred from the rod to the wool
• electrons are transferred from the rod to the wool
• electrons are transferred from the wool to the rod

Electrostatic force F exists between two point charges. If the both charges are doubled, the force between the charges will be

• F
• 4F
• 2F
• F/4

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Which of the following is a false statement about electrostatic force.

• Bringing charges closer together strengthen the force.
• The electrostatic constant remains the same.
• The values of the two charges is always the same.
• Electrostatic force can be attractive or repulsive

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Two like charges

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

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The charge of an electron is 

• positive. 
• negative. 
• Electrons have no charge

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