Interactions and Methods of Charging
Non-Contact Forces
Electric Force
Gravitational Force
Potpourri
100

When two opposite charges come together (such as positive + negative)

What does it mean to "attract"?

100

The type of force between two charges

What is an electrical force?

100

The symbol k in the mathematical form of electric force.

What is Coulomb's constant? (or electrical force constant)

100

The symbol G in the mathematical form of Newton's law of universal gravitation (see equation at right).

What is the gravitational constant?

100

When two like charges come together (such as positive+positive or negative+negative)

What does it mean to "repel"?

200

Rubbing a balloon with fur (friction, contact, induction, grounding)

What is charging by friction?

200

unit for Force (both gravitational and electric)

What is Newton?

200

The relationship between charges and electric force (direct, inverse, or inverse-squared)

What is a direct relationship?

200

The relationship between masses and gravitational force (direct, inverse, or inverse-squared)

What is a direct relationship?

200

The force of attraction between any two objects

What is the gravitational force?

300

Touching a Van de Graaff Generator with a metal sphere (friction, contact, induction)

What is charging by contact?

300

has an inverse-squared relationship with electric force and gravitational force

What is the distance between charges?

300

The relationship between distance and electric force (direct, inverse, or inverse-squared)

What is inverse-squared?

300

Two objects gravitationally attract with a force of 18 N. If the mass of one of the objects is halved, this is the new force of attraction.

What is 9N?

300

unit for charge

What is Coulombs (C)?

400

Method of charging where a charged object is attracted to any neutral object

What is charged polarization?

400

This would result in the greatest electrical force between 2 objects...

a. halving one of the charges

b. doubling one of the charges

c. halving the distance between the two charges

d. doubling the distance between the two charges


What is c. halving the distance between the two charges?

400

The repulsive force between two balloons with charges of 4.0 x 10-5 C that are held a distance of 0.10 m from one another

What is 1440N?

400

Two objects gravitationally attract with a force of 18 N. If the distance between the two objects' centers is doubled, this is the new force of attraction...

What is 4.5 N?

400

What happens when a charged object is brought to a neutral object

What is "attract" by charged polarization?

500

Balloons X , Y and Z are suspended from strings as shown at the right. Negatively charged balloon X attracts balloon Y and balloon Y attracts balloon Z. This is the charge of balloon Z.

What is "cannot be determined"? (Balloon Z can be positive, negative, or neutral)

500

The force of gravity on the Earth by the moon is (greater than, less than, or equal to) the force of gravity on the moon by the Earth

What is equal to?

500

Two charges electrically attract one another with a force of 18 N. If the distance between the two objects' centers is halved, this is the new force of attraction.

What is 72N?
500

The gravitational force of attraction between a 70 kg student and a 1 kg book that are 0.5 meters apart

What is 1.87x10-8 N?

500

Two charged objects have a repulsive force of 8N. If the charge of one of the objects is doubled and the charge of the other object is tripled, this is a new electrical force.

What is 48N?

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