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Magnetic Fields

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

What is the relationship between the magnitude of the magnetic field created by a long, straight current-carrying wire and the distance from the wire according to the Biot-Savart law?

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

What effect does grounding have on a conductor with excess negative charge?

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

According to the principle of conservation of energy, what must remain constant in an isolated system?

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

Which modification to a segment of current-carrying wire would result in doubling of its contribution to any given point's magnetic field according to Biot-Savart law without changing its overall shape or length?

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

What is the magnetic field at the center of a circular loop of wire carrying a steady current I?

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

What does the Biot-Savart law allow us to calculate?

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

According to the right-hand rule, if your thumb points in the direction of conventional current, which way do your fingers curl to indicate?

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

What physical quantity is directly proportional to the current conducted through a wire according to Ampère's Law?

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

Considering two parallel conductors each carrying current I but moving anti-parallel relative to each other in empty space, what effect does relativistic length contraction have on their perceived mutual electromagnetic interaction from stationary observer situated equidistantly from them?

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

Which statement correctly describes the situation in which Ampère's law can be applied to calculate the magnetic field around a conductive plane with a puncture hole through which constant current passes?