Charges and a Distance

What variable do meters represent?

• Electrostatic Charge
• Force
• Distance
• Mass

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What variable do Coulombs represent?

• Electrostatic Charge
• Force
• Distance
• Mass

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What will happen to the Electrostatic Force between 2 objects if the distance between them is is quadrupled?

• the force will decrease to 1/16 the original strength
• the force will increase by 1/16
• the force will increase by 4
• the force will decrease to 1/4 the original strength

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What will happen to the Electrostatic Force if the charge of one particle is increased 6 times?

• The force will decrease 6 times
• The force will increase 6 times
• The force will increase 36 times
• The force will decrease by 1/6

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Calculate the force exerted between two charged objects separated by a distance of 0.6 m. One object has a charge of -5 C and the other has a charge of +2.0 C.

• -1.5E-11 N
• 2.5E-11 N
• -2.5E11 N
• -7.5E-10 N

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If each of the charges doubles, what happens to the force?

• Quadruples
• Doubles
• Stays the same
• Reduced by half

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If the distance doubles, what happens to the force?

• Reduced by half
• Reduced by 1/4
• Stays the same
• Quadruples

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If the distance is reduced by half, what happens to the force?

• Quadruples
• Doubles
• Triples
• Reduces by half

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Two oppositely charged particles are held in place near each other. When the particles are released, what will most likely happen?

• the will accelerate towards each other
• they will accelerate away from each other
• they will move towards each other at a constant speed
• they will move away from each other at a constant speed

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Two like charged particles are held in place near each other. When the particles are released, what will most likely happen?

• the will accelerate towards each other
• they will accelerate away from each other
• they will move towards each other at a constant speed
• they will move away from each other at a constant speed

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