Static Electricity Basics
Coulomb's Law
Coulomb's Law Applied
Electric charges
Wild Card
100
The particle that is transferred from one object to another object during the charging process?
What is the electron?
100
Objects A and B move away from each other. The sign of the charge on B if the charge on A is negative.
What is negative?
100
The repulsive force between two charged spheres is 5 N. What will be the repulsive force between the spheres when the charge on one sphere is doubled?
10 N
100
What do you do to a neutral object to make it negatively charged?
Add electrons to it.
100
If the current through a circuit powered by a 9V battery is 2 Amps, what is the total resistance of the circuit?
4.5 Ohms
200
The name given to the standard unit measuring the charge of a particle/object?
What is the Coulomb?
200
The name of the law that describes the relationships between charges, distance, and electrical forces exhibited between two (or more) charged particles?
What is the Coulomb's Law?
200
The repulsive force between two charged spheres is 5 N. What will be the repulsive force between the spheres when the charge on one sphere is doubled while the charge on the other sphere is tripled?
30 N
200
What do you do to a neutral object to make it positively charged?
Remove electrons from it.
200
If you add more resistors to this type of circuit, the total resistance decreases
What is a parallel circuit?
300
The kind of electrical interaction between two like charges.
What is repulsion?
300
Complete the sentence: As the distance between two charged objects INCREASES, the net electrical force they exhibit on one another ________.
DECREASES
300
The repulsive force between two charged spheres is 5 N. What will be the repulsive force between the spheres when the distance between the spheres is halved?
20 N
300
What is the net charge on neutral objects?
zero
300
In order for current to flow a circuit must be _____________
closed
400
Another method of charging aside from by friction and by conduction, where the charged objects don't have to touch
What is by induction?
400
Complete the sentence: As the magnitude of the charges, q1 and q2, increases, the electrical force between them _______.
increases
400
The repulsive force between two charged spheres is 5 N. What will be the repulsive force between the spheres when the charge on one sphere is doubled, the charge on the other sphere is halved, while the distance is reduced to one-third the initial distance?
45 N
400
An object has 500 more electrons than protons. What is the sign of the charge on the object?
negative
400
What is Mr. Kohls' favorite color?
Purple