Quantification of electrostatics

Question 1

What is a Coulomb?

Answer 1

The charge on 6.25x10^18 electrons

Question 2

charge on each particle ‘q’ is measured in ___

Answer 2

coulombs

Question 3

size of a particle effects its forces from charges

true/false

Answer 3

false

Question 4

what does the size of a particle influence?

Answer 4

acceleration

Question 5

electric fields are where forces are exerted on _____

Answer 5

charges

Question 6

what does equation below mean?
F=Eq

Answer 6

Force= field strength *charge

Question 7

what is work?

Answer 7

a change in energy

Question 8

any system that loses or gains energy is said to have ____

Answer 8

work done on it

Question 9

what does the equation below mean?
W=Fs

Answer 9

work= force *distance

Question 10

work done on particles per unit or charge is called _____

Answer 10

potential difference or voltage

Question 11

what is needed for the particle trajectories?

Answer 11

a uniform field

Question 12

what does it mean if the field is uniform?

Answer 12

they have 1 direction
- objects experience a force in 1 direction
- it will only accelerate in that direction