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WorksheetsExercise : Electrostatic and Coulomb Force
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 18mins
What happens when you touch a metal doorknob after rubbing your shoes on the carpet?
The doorknob sends a burst of electric current into your body
Millions of electrons go from your finger into the doorknob
The doorknob sends millions of electrons into your finger
Your finger becomes negatively charged
The process of separating opposing charges within an object is known as ___.
Polarization
Induction
Radiation
Conduction
What direction is the force on Charge 1?
Up
Down
Left
Right
Which diagram correctly shows the electric field around a negative charge?
A
B
they are both positive
According to Coulomb's Law, when the distance increases, the electrostatic force ____________.
increases
decreases
remains unchanged
has no relationship to distance
A repulsive force exists between which two particles?
Two neutrons
An electron and a neutron
An electron and a proton
Two protons
Which is the value of the constant in Coulomb's equation?
ke = 9·10-9
ke = 9.8
ke = 6.67·10-11
ke = 9 ·109
What does q measure?
the distance between the two charged objects
the amount of charge carried by the object
the amount of force between two charged objects
