The Nature of Electricity: Charges in Action

The Nature of Electricity: Charges in Action

Assessment

Interactive Video

Science, Physics, Engineering, Chemistry

10th - 12th Grade

Hard

Created by

Quizizz Content

FREE Resource

The video tutorial explains the effects of charges using an electroscope. It describes how metal leaves inside a glass flask react to a negatively charged rubber rod and a positively charged glass rod. The metal leaves repel each other due to the transfer of charges via conduction, demonstrating the principle that like charges repel.

Read more

5 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the initial state of the metal leaves in the electroscope setup?

Positively charged and spread apart

Negatively charged and spread apart

Uncharged and spread apart

Uncharged and hanging straight down

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What happens to the metal leaves when a negatively charged rubber rod touches the electroscope?

They attract each other

They remain unchanged

They repel each other

They become positively charged

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How is the negative charge transferred from the rubber rod to the metal leaves?

Through radiation

Through conduction

Through convection

Through induction

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What effect does a positively charged glass rod have on the metal leaves of the electroscope?

They become negatively charged

They repel each other

They attract each other

They remain unchanged

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why do the metal leaves repel each other when they acquire the same charge?

Because like charges repel

Because opposite charges repel

Because opposite charges attract

Because like charges attract