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QUIZ No. 1 IN PHYSICS
GENERAL DIRECTIONS: Read and analyze each statement and question. For items with choices, write
the capital printed letter of the correct answer on the space provided before each number.
A balloon has a negative charge when rubbed by a woolen cloth.

______1. If the balloon can attract some paper scraps, which of the following CANNOT be the
charge of paper scraps?
(A) positive (B) negative (C) neutral

______2. During rubbing, what have been transferred between the woolen cloth and the
balloon?
(D) electron (E) proton (F) neutron

If an insulator made of acetate is rubbed with a cloth, electrons move from the insulator to the cloth.

______3. What charge does the cloth now have?

(G) positive (H) negative (I) neutral

______4. What charge does the polythene insulator now have?

(J) positive (K) negative (L) neutral

If a rod has an unknown charge, how can the unknown charge be identified using a positively
charged rod?

______5. If the unknown charge is brought near to a positively charged rod and it is attracted to
this rod, then the unknown charge must be ________.
(M) positive (N) negative (O) neutral

______6. If the unknown charge is brought near to a positively charged rod and it is repelled by
this rod, then the unknown charge must be ________.
(P) positive (Q) negative (R) neutral

______7. Charging a neutral body by touching it with a charged body is called charging by ____.
(S) friction (T) induction (U) conduction
A plastic rod is rubbed on a duster. The rod becomes positively charged. Are these statements true or
false?

______8. The rod has gained protons.

______9. The duster has gained electrons.
______10. The duster has lost electrons.
______11. The duster has also become positively charged.
______12. The rod has lost electrons.
______13. The duster has become negatively charged.
II. Problem Solving (12 points)
Macy rubs a balloon with wool, giving the balloon a charge of -8.9x10-14 C.
What is the force between the balloon and a metal sphere that is charged to
25 C and is 2 km away?

A positive and a negative charge, each of magnitude 2.5x10-5 C, are

separated by a distance of 15 cm. Find the force on each of the particles.

A force of 2.4x102 N exists between a positive charge of 8.0x10-5 C and a

positive charge of 3.0x10-5 C. What distance separates the charges?