1.4 - BASIC PROPERTIES OF ELECTRIC CHARGE
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Practice Questions
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What are the two types of electric charge?
💡 Hint: Think about the materials used in common experiments.
Define the principle of conservation of charge.
💡 Hint: What happens to charge during rubbing materials together?
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What is the total charge of a system containing +3 C and -3 C?
💡 Hint: Think about how charges interact.
True or False: Charge can be created or destroyed.
💡 Hint: Remember the experiments with static electricity.
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Challenge Problems
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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.
💡 Hint: Be careful of the signs of the charges!
An object is charged to +10 μC, and 5 μC of charge is added to it. What is the final charge?
💡 Hint: Just sum the two charges together.
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