Electrostatic Force

Question 1

What is electrostatic force?

Answer 1

The force that two electrically charged objects exert on each other over a distance.

Question 2

What creates electrostatic force?

Answer 2

Electric fields around the charges.

Question 3

What are the two kinds of charges?

Answer 3

Positive (protons) and negative (electrons).

Question 4

How can electrons move?

Answer 4

They can move from one object to another.

Question 5

When is an object positively charged?

Answer 5

When it has more protons than electrons

Question 6

When is an object negatively charged?

Answer 6

When it has more electrons.

Question 7

What happens when like charges are near each other?

Answer 7

They repel

Question 8

What happens when unlike charges are near each other?

Answer 8

They attract

Question 9

Name some examples of static electricity.

Answer 9

Lightning, taking off a jersey, touching a doorknob, rubbing a balloon on hair.