Practice Statement (9.1) - Electrostatics

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Question 1.
What are the two types of electric charges?
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Think about what happens with electrons.
Question 2.
What does it mean that electric charge is conserved?
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Consider the law of conservation in physics.
3Question 3.
What type of charge has an excess of electrons?
- Positive
- Negative
- Neutral
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Consider what happens when electrons are added.
4Question 4.
Coulomb's Law explains the relationship between forces and what other two factors?
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Think about how changing distances modifies interactions.
Question 5.
Two charges, +3 µC and +1 µC, are separated by a distance of 5 cm. Determine the force between them using Coulomb's law.
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Convert µC to C before calculating!
Question 6.
A point charge of +2 µC creates an electric field at a distance of 15 cm. Compute the electric field strength.
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Make sure to convert µC to C, and remember ε0 = 8.85 × 10^-12.

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