Formulas
What is physical quantity is being described by this equation: Fe = k q1 q2 / d^2
Electrostatic Force
The charging process by which only touching an object is needed to transfer a charge.
conduction
Electrostatic Force and Charge are ___________ proportional.
directly proportional
Fe stands for _____________ _____.
What electrostatic force?
What is V = W / q?
*Electric Potential
The process in which there must be a touch or a spark from the object doing the charging to the object being charged.
conduction/friction
He was the first to discover the law.
Who is Henry Cavendish?
The attractive or repulsive interaction between any two charged objects.
electric force
Coulombs Law formula
Fe = k q1 q2 / d^2
The process by which the object responsible for electrifying does not transfer any charge to the object being electrified.
induction
Coulomb's Law is very similar in form to this law that governs the motion of celestial objects.
Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation
It is the amount of work needed to move a unit of positive charge from a reference point to a specific point inside the field without producing an acceleration.
electric potential energy
What is the value of the constant k?
9 x 10^9 N-m^2 / C^2
Lightning occurs as a result of this type of charging
induction
The charge in the ground directly under a negatively electrified storm cloud.
positive charge
Of the three types of particles that make up an atom, this one does NOT feel the electric force.
neutron
There are 6.25 x 10^18 electrons in one __________ of charge.
Coulomb
What do the following symbols represent?
1. Fe 2. q 3. V 4. C 5. d 6. k
1. electrostatic force 2. charge 3. voltage 4. coulombs 5. distance 6. electrostatic constant
it refers to the space around a charge wherein it can exert a force to other charges.
electric field
This person was the first to discover that lightning and electricity in the laboratory were the same physical phenomenon.
Benjamin Franklin?
Although atoms are usually neutral, all atoms contain these three particles _____, _____, & _____.
protons, electrons, & neutrons....protons and electrons?
In a field diagram, the strength of the electric field is given by this.
field lines?