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Electrostatics

Question 1
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1 mark

How does Coulomb’s Law adjust when considering two equal but opposite charges separated by distance r in vacuum?

Question 2
college-boardPhysics C: E&MAPExam Style
1 mark

What type of charge does an electron have?

Question 3
college-boardPhysics C: E&MAPExam Style
1 mark

If a charged particle moves through a region of space with a uniform magnetic field and an electric field at right angles to each other, which of the following paths would the particle most likely take if it has nonzero initial velocity perpendicular to both fields?

Question 4
college-boardPhysics C: E&MAPExam Style
1 mark

What direction does the electric field point around a positive point charge?

Question 5
college-boardPhysics C: E&MAPExam Style
1 mark

If you tripled both voltage and resistance across a simple electric circuit, what would be the effect on power dissipation?

Question 6
college-boardPhysics C: E&MAPExam Style
1 mark

If a non-conducting disk of radius R rotates with angular velocity ω in the presence of a uniform magnetic field B perpendicular to the disk, what is the induced electric field E at a distance r from the center (r < R) due to this rotation?

Question 7
college-boardPhysics C: E&MAPExam Style
1 mark

If two charges repel each other, what can we infer about their polarity?

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Question 8
college-boardPhysics C: E&MAPExam Style
1 mark

If two charges are opposite in sign, what force will they experience toward each other?

Question 9
college-boardPhysics C: E&MAPExam Style
1 mark

A point charge is positioned equidistantly from three identical charges arranged in a triangle; what can be said about net force on it due to electrostatic interactions?

Question 10
college-boardPhysics C: E&MAPExam Style
1 mark

What effect does the flow of charge in a circuit have on adding another identical battery in series to the existing configuration?