Physics Chapter 22

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Most atoms normally have a net charge that is _______.
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zero
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When we say charge is conserved, we mainly mean that charge can be _______.
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transferred without loss, like money in a bank
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Coulomb's law is most similar to which of these laws?
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Newton's law of gravity
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Electric charge can be transferred from one conducting body to another _______.
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by both contact and closeness
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The net charge on a polarized molecule is normally _______.
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zero
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An electric field is basically _______.
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a vector quantity
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Electric potential, unlike electric potential energy, is measured in units of _______.
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volts
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A highly-charged party balloon is not dangerous when it _______.
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contains little overall energy
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The electric field inside the dome of a highly charged Van de Graaff generator is _______.
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zero
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The net charge on an energized capacitor is normally _______.
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zero
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An electron volt, eV, is a unit of energy. Which is larger, a GeV or a MeV?
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GeV
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Which force binds atoms together to form molecules?
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electrical
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In an electrically neutral atom the number of protons in the nucleus is equal to the number of
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electrons that surround the nucleus.
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Strip electrons from an atom and the atom becomes a
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positive ion.
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To say that electric charge is quantized is to say that the charge on an object
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is a whole-number multiple of the charge of one electron.
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To say that electric charge is conserved is to say that electric charge
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can be neither created nor destroyed.
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A main difference between gravitational and electric forces is that electrical forces
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repel or attract.
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The unit of electric charge, the coulomb, is the charge on
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a specific large number of electrons.
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The electrical force between charges depends only on the charges'
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magnitude and separation distance.
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Superconductors are noted for their
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absence of electric resistance.
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A transistor is an example of a
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semiconductor.
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Rub electrons from your hair with a comb and the comb becomes
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negatively charged.
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An electron and a proton
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attract each other.
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A difference between electric forces and gravitational forces is that gravitational forces are not affected by
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repulsive interaction
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If you comb your hair and the comb becomes positively charged, then your hair becomes
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negatively charged.
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When the distance between two charges is halved, the electrical force between the charges
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quadruples.
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The net charge on a charged capacitor depends on... the distance between the capacitor plates. the area of the capacitor plates. the medium between the capacitor plates. All of the above choices are correct.
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None of the above choices are correct - the net charge is zero.
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The electric field inside the dome of a Van de Graaff generator... depends on the volume of the dome depends on the amount of charge the outside of dome. Choices A and B are both correct.
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None of the above choices are correct.
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When a car is struck by lightning, the resulting electric field inside the car is
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zero.
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To say that an object is electrically polarized is to say
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its charges have been rearranged.
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Every proton in the universe is surrounded by its own
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electric field and gravitational field.
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The electric field around an isolated electron has a certain strength 1 cm from the electron. The electric field strength 2 cm from the electron is... half as much. twice as much. the same. four times as much.
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None of the above choices are correct.
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Assume that 10 J of work is needed to push a charge, at rest, into an electric field. After the charge is released there, it flies back to its starting position and its kinetic energy there will be...
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10 J.
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Charge carriers in a metal are electrons rather than protons because electrons are
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loosely bound.
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A highly charged child's balloon is not dangerous because... its outside surface is positively charged. the potential difference between the balloon and the child's hand is very small. rubber is not a good conductor of electricity.
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None of the above choices are correct.
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You can touch a 100,000-volt Van de Graaff generator with little harm because although the voltage is high, the relatively small amount of charge means there is a relatively small amount of
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energy.
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Two charges separated by one meter exert 1-N forces on each other. If the charges are pulled to 3-m separation distance, the force on each charge will be...
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0.11 N.
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The electrical force on a 2-C charge is 60 N. What is the value of the electric field at the place where the charge is located?
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30 N/C
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Two charged particles attract each other with a force F. If the charges of both particles are doubled, and the distance between them also doubled, then the force of attraction will be
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F.
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When a single charge q is placed at one corner of a square, the electric field at the center of the square is F/q. If two other equal charges are placed at the adjacent corners of the square, the electric field at the center of the square due to these three equal charges is
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F/q.
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The electric field inside an uncharged metal ball is zero. If the ball is negatively charged, the electric field inside the ball is then
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zero
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Two charged particles held close to each other are released. As the particles move, the velocity of each increases. Therefore, their charges have
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either the same or opposite signs.
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A proton and an electron are placed in an electric field. Which undergoes the greater acceleration?
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electron