Coulomb's Law

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A negative force between two charges mean they:

• Attract

• Repel

• Are the same sign

• Are opposite signs

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If each of the charges doubles, what happens to the force?

• Quadruples
• Doubles
• Stays the same
• Reduced by half

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If the distance doubles, what happens to the force?

• Reduced by half
• Reduced by 1/4
• Stays the same
• Quadruples

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If the distance is reduced by half, what happens to the force?

• Quadruples
• Doubles
• Triples
• Reduces by half

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A repulsive force exists between which two particles?

• Two neutrons

• An electron and a neutron

• An electron and a proton

• Two electrons

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The Electric Force is strongest when charges are...

• close together
• far apart
• the electric force is constant everywhere

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Coulomb's law says that the force between any two charges depends

• directly on the size of the charges

• inversely on the square of the distance between the charges

• both are correct

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When distance increases, electrostatic force ____________; we call this relationship ____________ proportional

• decreases;directly
• decreases;inversely
• increases;inversely
• increases;directly

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What variable do "Newtons" represent?

• Electrostatic Charge
• Force
• Distance
• Mass

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What happens to the force between two charged objects when you double the distance between them?

• 2X
• 1/2X
• 4X
• 1/4X

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