
Exploring Conductors and Insulators in Electrostatics

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the primary difference between conductors and insulators?
Conductors are always metals, insulators are always non-metals.
Conductors can only be solids, insulators can be any state of matter.
Conductors are always positively charged, insulators are always negatively charged.
Conductors allow free flow of electrons, insulators do not.
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS2-3
NGSS.MS-PS2-5
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What happens to excess electrons on a conducting sphere when touched by a negatively charged object?
They stay at the point of contact.
They leave the sphere entirely.
They move to the center of the sphere.
They distribute uniformly across the surface.
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS2-3
NGSS.MS-PS2-5
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why do excess electrons on a conductor distribute uniformly?
Because electrons are heavier than protons.
Because the sphere is positively charged.
Because like charges repel.
Because like charges attract.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What happens to excess charge on an insulating sphere when touched by a negatively charged object?
It distributes uniformly across the surface.
It moves to the center of the sphere.
It remains at the point of contact.
It leaves the sphere entirely.
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS2-5
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In a series of interconnected objects, what happens when a conductor is connected to an insulator?
Charge leaves the system.
Charge only moves through the insulator.
Charge stops at the insulator.
Charge moves freely through both.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the result when a conductor is connected to another conductor?
Charge remains at the point of contact.
Charge distributes uniformly across both conductors.
Charge leaves the first conductor.
Charge moves to the second conductor only.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How does excess positive charge distribute on a conductor if protons cannot move?
Electrons move towards the positive charge, leaving behind positive atoms.
Positive charge stays at the point of contact.
Protons and electrons both move.
Protons move to the surface.
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS2-3
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