Electric Forces

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What is an insulator in the context of electrical charges?

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An insulator is a material in which electrical charges cannot move easily.

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What type of charge will a negatively charged object be most strongly attracted to?

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A negatively charged object will be most strongly attracted to an object with a strong positive charge.

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What happens to the charges in your socks after walking across a carpet?

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The charges transferred to another object.

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What is static electricity?

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Static electricity refers to electric charges that do not move through a current.

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What is the effect of an electric field surrounding a charged object?

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An electric field applies electric force to other charged objects.

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Define electric force.

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Electric force is the attraction or repulsion between charged objects.

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What is the difference between conductors and insulators?

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Conductors allow electric charges to move easily, while insulators do not.

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What is the principle of conservation of charge?

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The principle of conservation of charge states that the total electric charge in an isolated system remains constant.

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How does distance affect electric force between two charges?

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The electric force between two charges decreases as the distance between them increases.

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What is Coulomb's Law?

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Coulomb's Law describes the force between two charged objects as directly proportional to the product of their charges and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.

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