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Physics-Tiarah
Study Sheets for Physics
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is static electricity? | When electric charge tends to stay on an object |
| what are conductors? | Materials that allow electrons to flow through them |
| What are Insulators? | Materials that do not allow electrons to flow through them |
| Whats Induction? | When a charged object comes close to a neutral object and causes the electrons to come to one side of the object |
| What is a grounding wire? | Connecting a wire to the object and the ground |
| What is friction? | Rubbing 2 objects together tranfers electrons from one object to another |
| Whats an Electroscope? | A device that indicates whether an object has a charge |
| An object has 2 positives and 4 negatives. What charge does the object have? | Negative |
| What is the unit for charge? | Coulombs |
| What is the unit for currents? | Amperes |
| What is the unit for resistance? | Ohms |
| Rubbing two neutral objects together each object is called what? | Charging by friction |
| An object has 4 positives and 4 negatives. what charge does the object have? | Neutral |
| A positive charged rod comes into contact with a neutral sphere. What will be the charge on each object? | Both positive |
| What is used to determine which object will be negatively charged and which object will be positivley charged | Electrostatic Series |