Practice Basic Properties Of Electric Charge (1.4)

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Question 1.
What are the two types of electric charge?
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Think about the materials used in common experiments.
Question 2.
Define the principle of conservation of charge.
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What happens to charge during rubbing materials together?
3Question 3.
What is the total charge of a system containing +3 C and -3 C?
- +3 C
- 0 C
- +6 C
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Think about how charges interact.
4Question 4.
True or False: Charge can be created or destroyed.
- True
- False
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Remember the experiments with static electricity.
Question 5.
Two spheres, one with +4 μC and the other with -2 μC, are 1 meter apart. Calculate the net electric force each exerts on the other.
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Be careful of the signs of the charges!
Question 6.
An object is charged to +10 μC, and 5 μC of charge is added to it. What is the final charge?
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Just sum the two charges together.

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