Electrostatics & Circuits - Statistics

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Hint Answer % Correct
Balloons and the materials they are rubbed with... (attract/repel) attract
100%
Balloons rubbed with different materials... (attract/repel) attract
100%
Balloons rubbed with the same materials... (attract/repel) repel
100%
These effects are stronger when the objects are... (closer/further) closer
94%
Objects acquire electric _____ after rubbing charge
88%
A material that allows charges to move around freely is called a(n) conductor
69%
A material through which charges will not move easily is called a(n) insulator
63%
Electrons can transfer between objects, but ____ can't. protons
63%
Roughly type out how resistors add with parallel circuits. 1/RT = 1/R1 + 1/R2...
44%
Any metal, human body, water & humid air are examples of... conductors
44%
Electric charge symbol is q, and units are the ______, represented by (C). coulomb
44%
To find the total force on any single charge, you simply apply ______'s Law one by one for each of the other charges present, then add them! Coulomb
44%
Glass, wood, plastic, rubber, dry air, etc. are examples of... insulators
44%
Series circuits have (one/many) current(s). one (IT=I1=I2)
44%
Parallel circuits have (one/many) voltage drop(s). one (VT=V1=V2)
44%
A neutral object can acquire charge through touch with a charged object is called charging by _______, resulting in same-charged objects. conduction
38%
the actual “substance” that is flowing through the wires of the circuit (electrons!) Current
38%
r is the _____ between the two charges. distance
38%
Kirchhoff’s Junction Rule: The total current into a junction _____ the total current out of the junction. equals
38%
Parallel circuits have (one/many) current(s). many (IT=I1+I2)
38%
Series circuits have (one/many) voltage drop(s). many (VT=V1+V2)
38%
You get (more/less) current in branches that have less resistance. more
38%
To draw a stronger charge, draw (more/less) arrows closer together. more
38%
Units for the last answer Ohms
38%
friction that impedes flow of current through the circuit (rocks in the river) Resistance
38%
a property that pushes the current through the circuit (equivalent to gravity for a waterfall) Voltage
38%
Units for the last answer volts
38%
Charged objects exert electric ____ on each other forces
31%
_________ is neutralizing a charged object by connecting it with the Earth. Grounding
31%
A neutral object can acquire charge without touch near a charged object is called charging by ______, resulting in opposite-charged objects. induction
31%
When drawing field lines, a positive field goes (towards/out from) the source. out from
31%
Current in Parallel Circuits only spilt evenly if the resistance is the ____. same
31%
Negative fields go (towards/out from) the source. towards
31%
Units for the last answer Amps
25%
When ______ get really close, the force between them gets really, really large! charges
25%
Charging by _____ is the official term for transferring electrons between two objects through rubbing. friction
25%
To deal with Series-Parallel circuits, you combine both parallel resistors into one, so it can be one side of a ____ circuit, then you solve as a series and use V = IR to find what you want series
25%
_____ electrons are held together tightly in insulators, but move freely in conductors. Valence
25%
Remember to add ______ because force is involved direction
19%
Ohm's Law V = IR
19%
Coulomb's force law is represented by F = k q1 q2 / r^2. What is k? 9*10^9
13%
Q is the _____ value of the charges involved. absolute
13%
Charge is _______. conserved
13%
Charged and neutral objects can attract by _______ a charge on the neutral object. (Because electrons move freely in conductors, the attraction to the conductor is stronger) inducing
13%
Add vectors tip to ___. tail
13%
Gravity and Weak Nuclear are weaker fundamental forces, while __________ and strong nuclear are stronger fundamental forces. electromagnetism
6%
This substance holds electrons well. (Given they both start out as neutral, between it and a balloon, all the electrons from the balloon will move to this, leaving the balloon positive.) plastic
6%
Roughly type out how resistors add with series circuits. RT=R1+R2...
6%
Determine the force on the electron (-1.6*10^-19 C) due to the proton (1.6*10^-19 C) in the hydrogen atom (shown below) (I can't get the diagram in here so r is 10^-10 m) Include units and direction in your answer (using "to the") 2.3*10^-8 N to the left
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