Electric Force

Can neutral objects become charged?

• Yes, by wishing it to be so.

• No, never.

• Yes, by being near or in contact with a charged object.

• No, not under any circumstance.

If the distance between 2 charges doubles, what happens to the electrostatic force?

• Reduced by half

• Reduced by 1/4

• Stays the same

• Quadruples

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Electrostatic force F is directly proportional to:

• r^2 (distance squared)

• q1

• q2

• both q1 and q2

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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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The transfer of what type of atomic particle is responsible for the static charges on objects?

• neutrons

• protons

• electrons

• none of these

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Coulomb's Law states that the electric force is directly proportional to the product of the two charges and inversely proportional to the distance between them. True or False?

• True

• False

• not enough information

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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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Charged objects can be attracted to:

• Neutral objects 

• Objects with the opposite charge

• Both

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What are the two types of charges that objects may possess?

• + and +

• + and -

• + and neutral 

• - and neutral 

A physical property of matter that moves through wires and causes static electricity.

• conservation of a charge

• a circuit

• electric charge

• positive and negative

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