Laws
Five
What are the two primary charges?
Positive and Negative
What are the three ways an object can be electrified?
Induction, contact and friction
Like charges ___, opposite charges ___
repel; attract
What is the unit for electrical charge?
Coulomb
What is the process of generating electrical currents?
Induction
In solid objects, which charge can move?
Negative (electrons)
What is the force of attraction or repulsion called?
Coulomb force
What is the term for a substance that electrons can easily flow through and give two examples.
Conductors; copper and water
In solid objects, where do electric charges exist?
Only on the surface
What is the study of electric charges at rest, or static electricity?
What is the term for a substance that electrons cannot easily flow through and give two examples.
In solid objects, electrical charges concentrate on the greater or the lesser curvature of the surface?
Greater curvature
Coulomb's law states that the electrostatic force between two charges are?
An object is said to be electrified if it has too few or too many of what?
Electrons