Phys1040

Electric Force and Electric Fields

  1. Circle the correct answer:
  1. The Unit of electric force is:
  1. NC -1
  2. C
  3. N
  4. Nm2C
  1. According to Coulomb law, the electric force is: :
  1. Inversely proportional to the square of the separation r between the charged particles.
  2. Inversely proportional to total charge of the charged particles.
  3. Directly proportional to the square of the separation r between the charged particles.
  4. Directly proportional to total charge of the charged particles.
  1. An electric dipole is defined as:
  1. Two identical charges separated by a distance, but with different signs (- and +).
  2. Two identical charges separated by a distance, but with similar signs.
  3. Two identical particles separated by a distance.
  1. The electric force between two charges is repulsive when they have charges of:
  1. The same sign
  2. Different value
  3. Opposite sign
  4. The same value
  1. Object A has a charge of 2 nC, and object B has a charge of 6 nC. Which statement is true about the electric forces on the objects?
  1. AB = 3BA
  2. 3AB = BA
  3. AB = BA
  4. AB = - BA
  1. The electric field lines are
  1. Perpendicular to each other
  2. Never intersect
  3. Their direction from negative to positive
  1. The electric field has SI units
  1. joules per coulomb
  2. coulomb per joules
  3. joules per meter
  4. Newton per coulomb
  1. Which of the following statements about electric field lines associated with electric charges is false?
  1. Electric field lines can be either straight or curved.
  2. Electric field lines begin on positive charges and end on negative charges
  3. Electric field lines can intersect with one another.
  1. A test charge of +3 µC is at a point P where an external electric field is directed to the right and has a magnitude of 4 × 106 N/C. If the test charge is replaced with another test charge of -3 µC, the external electric field at P
  1. reverses direction
  2. is unaffected
  3. changes in a way that cannot be determined
  1. The electric charge q is said to be quantized, this means:
  1. Electric charge exists asdiscrete “packets,” and we can write q = Ne, where N is some integer.
  2. The charge is the smallest quantity of matter ever known “building unit”.
  3. The charge exhibits both wave and particle nature.
  4. Total charge in an isolated system is conserved.
  1. Materials in which some of the electrons are free electrons that are not bound to atoms and can move relatively freely through the material are:
  1. Electrical conductors
  2. Electrical insulators
  3. Semiconductors
  1. The smallest unit of charge known in nature is the charge on:
  1. A proton (+ e)
  2. An electron (- e)
  3. An electron (- e) or a proton (+ e)
  4. A Neutron
  1. A test charge of +3 µC is at a point P where an external charge is replaced with another test charge of -3 µC, the external electric field at P is:
  1. Unaffected
  2. Reverses direction
  3. Changes in a way that cannot be determined
  1. The electron and proton of a hydrogen atom are separated (on the average) by a distance of approximately 5.3 x 10-11 m. Find the magnitudes of the electric force and the gravitational force between the two particles.
  1. Consider three point charges located at the corners of a right triangle as shown in Figure , where q1= q3 = 5.0 µC, q2= - 2.0 µC, and a = 0.10 m. Find the resultant force exerted on q3.

  1. Two identical small charged spheres, each having a mass of 3.0 x 10-2 kg, hang in equilibrium as shown in the Figure below. The length of each string is 0.15 m, and the angle is 5.0°. Find the magnitude of the charge on each sphere.

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  1. A charge q1= 7.0 µC is located at the origin, and a second charge q2 = -5.0 µC is located on the x axis, 0.30 m from the origin (Figure 2). Find the electric field at the point P, which has coordinates (0, 0.40) m.

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  1. Three point charges are arranged as shown in the figure below.

(a) Find the vector electric field that the 6.00-nC and - 3.00-nC charges together create at the origin.

(b) Find the vector force on the 5.00-nC charge.

  1. A positive point charge q of mass m is released from rest in a uniform electric field E directed along the x axis, as shown in Figure below. Describe its motion.

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