Electric Charges and Electric Force
How would doubling both the separation distance and magnitude of two point charges affect their mutual electrostatic force according to Coulomb's Law?
The force remains constant because doubling charge magnitudes quadruples force while doubling distance quarters it.
The force increases by four times since doubling each charge's magnitude quadruples overall interaction strength without considering distance effects.
The force decreases by one-fourth due to squared dependence on distance which dominates over linear relation with charge magnitudes increase.
The force doubles reflecting direct proportionality with product of charges but indirect consideration for change in separation distance.
What configuration would allow two like-charged particles inside a vacuum chamber to remain stationary relative to one another?
They must be precisely aligned within an externally applied uniform electric field that exerts equal but opposite forces on them.
Positioning them equidistantly from an equally charged third particle so their repulsive forces cancel out perfectly.
Place them within concentric cylindrical conductors bearing equal but reversed potentials forcing equilibrium via shielding effect.
Aligning them symmetrically around a massive uncharged spherical object so gravitational attraction balances electrostatic repulsion exactly right there too!
In an isolated system, if two positive charges are released from rest and allowed to repel each other, what will be conserved?
Total mechanical energy of the system is conserved.
Total thermal energy is conserved within the system only.
Only their electric potential energies are conserved individually.
Only their kinetic energies are conserved individually.
What happens to the kinetic energy of a free electron when it moves from a region of low electric potential to a region of high electric potential?
It remains unchanged.
It transforms completely into thermal energy.
It increases.
It decreases.
According to Coulomb's Law, what happens to the force between two charges if the distance between them is doubled?
The force becomes four times stronger.
The force becomes twice as strong.
The force becomes one-fourth as strong.
The force remains unchanged.
What type of material allows electrons to move freely through it?
Conductor
Semiconductor
Insulator
Superconductor
What is the SI unit of electric charge?
Ampere
Volt
Ohm
Coulomb

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When two charged particles start at rest and interact only through electrostatic forces, what type of energy conversion occurs?
Electric potential energy converts into kinetic energy as they accelerate due to the electrostatic force.
Mechanical energy converts into thermal energy as friction between the particles increases their temperatures.
Kinetic energy is converted into electric potential energy as the particles accelerate away from each other due to gravitational attraction.
Thermal energy is converted into electric potential energy as particles experience resistance moving through a medium.
Which form of mechanical work occurs when two point charges are brought closer together?
Magnetic force performs work as they approach each other.
No mechanical work occurs as there are no physical interactions involved between point charges.
Gravitational force performs work during their movement towards each other.
Electrical work is done on or by the charges depending on their polarity.
Which equation represents Coulomb's Law?