PHYSICS Coulomb Force Exam Questions And
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Predict: How do you think the magnitude of the electrostatic force between two objects
will change if the charge of each object was doubled? - ANSWER I predict
the electrostatic force will increase by half.
Measure: Turn on Show vector notation for both objects. Set the charge of objects A
and B to 1.0 × 10-4 C. The force on object A is now -0.90i + 0j N. That means that the
force is -0.90 N in the x direction and 0 N in the y direction.
A. What is the magnitude of the force on object A? |FA| = - ANSWER 0.9 N
B. What is the magnitude of the force on object B? |FB| = - ANSWER 0.9 N
C. The force on object A is negative. What does this indicate about the direction of
the force? - ANSWER The negative force indicates the force on A points to the left.
Analyze: What patterns do you notice in the data? - ANSWER The force doubles when
one charge is doubled. when both of the charges are doubled, the force is multiplied by
four.
Calculate: To calculate how much the force is multiplied, divide each force by the first
value, 0.90 N. Fill in these values under Factor in the table. What do you notice? -
ANSWER when one of the forces is doubled the factor doubles.
Calculate: Calculate the product of the two charges, and fill in these values in the last
column. Compare these numbers to the Factor numbers. What do you notice? -
ANSWER the two objects multiplied together are proportional to the force
factor.
Apply: What would you expect the force to be if the charge of object A was 5.0 × 10-4 C
and the charge of object B was 4.0 × 10-4 C? Check your answer with the Gizmo. -
ANSWER 18 N
Challenge: Based on what you have learned, write an equation for the strength of the
electrostatic force for two charges that are separated by 10 meters. Use the Gizmo to
check your equation. - ANSWER F= (0.9 x 108 )-qA - qB