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SCAN:
1) What are the 2 red headings within Chapter 16, Section 1?
Terms:
2) What is electric charge? Electrical property of matter that creates electric and magnetic forces and
interactions
3) How do conductors and insulators differ? Conductors are materials in which charges can move freely
and that can carry an electric current. An insulator does not transfer current easily.
4) What is an electric force? The force of attraction or repulsion between objects due to charge
5) What is an electric field? A region in space around a charged object that causes a stationary charged
object to experience an electric force.
QUESTION:
Turn each of the blue sub-section headings into a question (how, what, why) and write them down
below.
6) 1st sub-section heading: How do like charges and unlike charges behave differently? Like charges
repel each other, unlike charges attract each other.
7) 2nd sub-section heading: What does an objects electric charge depend on? An objects charge depends
on the imbalance of its protons and electrons.
8) 3rd sub-section heading: How are conductors different from insulators? Conductors allow charges to
flow; insulators do not allow charges to flow.
9) 4th sub-section heading: How can objects become charged? Objects can become charged by a
transfer of electrons.
10) 5th sub-section heading: How do charges move within uncharged objects? Like charges within the
uncharged object are induced they move away from the charged object.
11) 6th sub-section heading: What does electric force depend on? Electric force depends on charge and
distance.
12) 7th sub-section heading: How does an electric force affect other objects? Electric force acts through a
field.
13) Briefly explain in your own words what Figure 4 on page 533 is showing? It shows the like negative
charges in the doorknob moving away from negative charges on the rubber rod.
the charges on the objects. If the charge on one object is doubled, the electric force between the objects
will also be doubled.
The electric force is also inversely proportional to the square of the distance between two objects. For
example, if the distance between two small charges is doubled, the electric force between them decreases
to one-fourth its original value. If the distance between two small charges is quadrupled, the electric force
between them decreases to one-sixteenth its original value.
Go back to Question portion of the assignment and answer the question you wrote for this subsection.
As described earlier, electric force does not require that objects touch. How do charges interact over a
distance? One way to model this property of charges is with the concept of an electric field. A charged
particle produces an electric field in the space around it. Another charged particle in that field will
experience an electric force. This force is due to the electric field associated with the first charged
particle.
One way to show an electric field is by drawing electric field lines. Regardless of the charge, electric field
lines never cross one another. Field lines show not only the direction of an electric field but also the
relative strength due to a given charge.
Go back to Question portion of the assignment and answer the question you wrote for this subsection.
RECITE:
Re-read the questions and answers you wrote down in the previous 2 sections of the assignment out loud
REVIEW: Answer the questions below without going back and looking anything up
14) Which pairs of charges will repel and which will attract? Like charges repel, unlike charges attract.
15) How does an object become charged? Objects become charged when electrons are transferred.
16) How does a charge move within an uncharged object? Charges within an uncharged object are
induced to move. The free like charges move to the other end of the object.
17) Explain how the electric force between two positive charges changes if
a) the distance between the charges is tripled. If the distance is tripled the electric force will be
reduced by 1/3.
b) the amount of one charge is doubled. If the amount of one charge is doubled, the electric force
will be doubled.
18) Determine the relative charge of each charge in the diagram to the right and
indicate which charge is greater.
Either both charges are negative or both charges are positive. The charge on
the left is greater than the one on the right