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G-10 Physics worksheet-2 Topic: 2. Electrostatics Date: ___/___/2014 EC.

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1. The electron and proton of a hydrogen atom are separated (on the average) by a distance of
approximately 5.3 x 10 -11m. Find the magnitudes of the electric force and the gravitational force
between the two particles.
2. A plastic rod is rubbed with a piece of animal fur. The plastic rod acquires a negative charge during this
process. Which of the following is true about the charge on the piece of fur?
A. It acquires a positive charge but greater in magnitude than the rod
B. It acquires a positive charge but less in magnitude than the rod
C. It acquires a negative charge but greater in magnitude than the rod
D. It acquires a negative charge but less in magnitude than the rod
E. It acquires a positive charge with the same magnitude as the rod
3. A positively charged rod is brought close to one end of a neutral metallic plate. What type of charge is
induced on the closest side of the plate?
A. Positive
B. Negative
C. Neutral
D. It depends of the separation between the rod and plate
E. More information about the type of metal is required
4. A positively charged rod is brought close to one end of a neutral metallic plate. What type of charge is
induced on the farthest side of the plate?
A. Positive
B. Negative
C. Neutral
D. It depends of the separation between the rod and plate
E. More information about the type of metal is required
5. A positively charged sphere A is brought close without touching to a neutral sphere B. Sphere B is
touched with a grounded wire.
What is the charge on sphere B after the wire is removed?
A. Positive
B. Negative
C. It stays neutral
D. It depends on the contact time
E. It depends on the material that sphere B is made of
6. A neutral electroscope is touched with a negatively charged rod. What is the charge on the electroscope
after the rod is removed?
A. Positive
B. Negative
C. It stays neutral
D. It depends on the contact time
E. It depends on the material that the electroscope is made of
7. A neutral electroscope is touched with a positively charged rod. After the rod is removed the
electroscope is charged positively because of:
A. Induction
B. Conduction
C. Thermo emission
D. Photoemission
E. None from the above

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8. A negatively charged rod is brought near an uncharged, grounded electroscope. Which of the following
statements is true?
A. The positive charge flows from the electroscope to the ground
B. The positive charge flows from the ground to the electroscope
C. The negative charge flows from the electroscope to the ground
D. The negative charge flows from the ground to the electroscope
E. The electroscope stays neutral because the rod doesn’t touch it
9. A positively charged rod is brought near a charged electroscope. As a result of doing this, the
electroscope leaves move further apart. What is the charge on the electroscope?
A. Positive
B. Negative
C. It is neutral
D. It depends on the distance between the electroscope and the rod
E. It depends on the material that the electroscope is made of
10. A negatively charged rod is brought near a charged electroscope. As a result of doing this, the
electroscope leaves move further apart.
What is the charge on the electroscope?
A. Positive
B. Negative
C. It is neutral
D. It depends on the distance between the electroscope and the rod
E. It depends on the material that the electroscope is made of
11. A positively charged rod is brought near a charged electroscope. As a result of doing this, the
electroscope leaves move closer to each other.
What is the charge on the electroscope?
A. Positive
B. Negative
C. It is neutral
D. It depends on the distance between the electroscope and the rod
E. It depends on the material that the electroscope is made of
12. Two charges Q1 and –Q2 are separated by a distance r. The charges attract each other with a force F.
What is the new force between the charges if the distance is tripled?

A. 16 F B. 2 F C. 4 F D. 1/4F E. 1/9F
13. Two charges Q1 and –Q2 are separated by a distance r. The charges attract each other with a force F.
What is the new force between the charges if the distance is cut to one-fourth and the magnitude of each
charge is doubled?

A. 16 F B. 64 F C. 48 F D. 1/48F E. 1/64F
14. Two positive charges Q1 and Q2 are separated by a distance r. The charges repel each other with a force
F. If the magnitude of each charge is doubled and the distance stays unchanged what is the new force
between the charges?

A. F B. 2 F C. 4 F D. 1/4F E. 1/2F

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"Imagination is more important than knowledge." (Albert Einstein)
15. Two positive charges Q1 and Q2 are separated by a distance r. The charges repel each other with a
force F. If the distance between the charges is cut to one-fourth what is the new force acting on each
charge?

A. 16F B. 2 F C. 4 F D. 1/4F E. 1/2F

16. Object A has a charge of +2µC, and object B has a charge of +6µC. Which statement is true about the
electric forces on the objects?
A. FAB = -3FBA C. 3FAB = -FBA E. FAB = 3FBA
B. FAB = -FBA D. FAB = FBA F. 3FAB = FBA
17. Three objects are brought close to each other, two at a time. When objects A and B are brought
together, they repel. When objects B and C are brought together, they also repel. Which of the
following are true?
(a) Objects A and C possess charges of the same sign.
(b) Objects A and C possess charges of opposite sign.
(c) All three objects possess charges of the same sign.
(d) One object is neutral.
(e) Additional experiments must be performed to determine the signs of the charges.
18. Three objects are brought close to one another, two at a time. When objects A and B are brought
together, they attract. When objects B and C are brought together, they repel. Which of the following
are necessarily true?
(a) Objects A and C possess charges of the same sign.
(b) Objects A and C possess charges of opposite sign.
(c) All three objects possess charges of the same sign.
(d) One object is neutral.
(e) Additional experiments must be performed to determine the sign of the charges.
19. Two positive charges with magnitudes 4Q and Q are separated by a distance r. Which of the following
statements is true?

A. The charge with a greater magnitude exerts a larger force on the small charge
B. The charge with a greater magnitude exerts a smaller force on the small charge
C. The forces on each charge are the same in magnitude and opposite in direction
D. The forces on each charge are the same in magnitude and pointing in the same direction
20. Sphere A is charged positively and sphere B is neutral. The spheres are brought near each other. Which
of the following statements is true?

A. There is no electrostatic force between the spheres since one is neutral

B. There is a repulsive electrostatic force between the spheres
C. There is an attractive electrostatic force between the spheres
D. There is a repulsive electrostatic force applied only on sphere B
E. More information is required
21. A positive test charge q is released near a positive fixed charge Q. As q moves away from Q, it will
move with
A. increasing acceleration.
B. constant velocity.
C. decreasing acceleration.
D. constant acceleration.

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"Imagination is more important than knowledge." (Albert Einstein)
22. Consider three point charges located at the corners of a right triangle as shown in Figure , where q1 =
q3 = 5.0 µC, q 2 = -2.0 µC, and a = 0.10 m.
(a) Find the resultant force exerted on q3
(b) What if the signs of all three charges were changed
to the opposite signs?
(c) How would that affect the result F3
(the resultant force exerted on q3)?

23. A test charge of +3 µC is at a point P where an external electric field is directed to the right and has a
magnitude of 4 X 106N/C. If the test charge is replaced with another test charge of -3 µC,
what happens to the external electric field at P?
(a) It is unaffected.
(b) It reverses direction.
(c) It changes in a way that cannot be determined.
24. An electron enters the region of a uniform electric field as shown in figure,
with vi = 3.00 x106m/s and E = 200 N/C.
The horizontal length of the plates is l=0.100 m.
(a) Find the acceleration of the electron while it is
in the electric field.
(b) Assuming the electron enters the field at time t = 0,
find the time at which itleaves the field.
(c) Assuming the vertical position of the electron as it enters
the field is yi = 0, what is its vertical position when it
leaves the field?

25. The diagram shows two unequal charges +q and - Q, of opposite sign. Charge Q has greater magnitude
than charge q. Point X is midway between the charges.

In what section of the line will there be a point where the resultant electric field is zero?
A. XY B. WX C. VW D. YZ
26. Sphere A carries a positive charge 4Q and sphere B is neutral. Initially the spheres are separated by a
distance r. The spheres briefly touch each other and move to the initial separation. What is the new
charge on each sphere?
A. Q
B. 4Q
C. 1/4Q
D. 1/2Q
E.2Q
27. In question 26, which of the following is the correct expression for the force on each sphere after they
moved to the original distance r?
𝑘𝑄 2 8𝑘𝑄 2 𝑘𝑄 2
A. 𝐹 = 𝑟2
C. 𝐹 = 𝑟2
E. 𝐹 = 2𝑟 2
2𝑘𝑄 2 4𝑘𝑄 2
B. 𝐹 = 𝑟2
D. 𝐹 = 𝑟2

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"Imagination is more important than knowledge." (Albert Einstein)
28. A positively charged sphere with a charge of +8Q is separated from a negatively charged sphere -2Q
by a distance r. The spheres briefly touch each other and move to the original
distance r. What is the new charge on each sphere after
they move to the distance r?
A. Q
B. 2Q
C. 3Q
D. 1/2Q
E. 1/4Q
29. In question 28, there is an attractive force F exerted on each sphere. The spheres briefly touch each
other and move to the original distance r. What is the new force on each sphere in terms of F?
A. 9/16F B. 16/9F C. 9/4F D. 4/9F E. 2/3F
30. Two identically charged balls are a certain distance apart. The vectors in the diagram below show the
magnitude and direction of the electrostatic force on each ball.

Suppose the charge on the left ball is now doubled (represented by two plus signs). Which diagram
below best represents the forces that now act on the two balls?

31. As an electron moves from a high potential to a low potential, its electrical potential energy
A. remains constant. B. decreases. C. increases.
32. A capacitor stores charge Q at a potential difference ΔV. What happens if the voltage applied to the
capacitor by a battery is doubled to 2ΔV?
A. The capacitance falls to half its initial value, and the charge remains the same.
B. The capacitance and the charge both fall to half their initial values.
C. The capacitance and the charge both double.
D. The capacitance remains the same, and the charge doubles.
33. Two capacitors are identical. They can be connected in series or in parallel. If you want the smallest
equivalent capacitance for the combination, how should you connect them?
A. in series
B. in parallel
C. either way because both combinations have the same capacitance
34. You have three capacitors and a battery. In which of the following combinations of the three
capacitors is the maximum possible energy stored when the combination is attached to the
battery?
A. series
B. parallel
C. no difference because both combinations store the same amount of energy

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"Imagination is more important than knowledge." (Albert Einstein)
35. Three point charges lie along the x axis as shown in Figure.
The positive charge q1 =15.0 µC is at x =2.00 m, the positive
charge q2 = 6.00 µC is at the origin, and the net force acting
on q 3 is zero.
What is the x-coordinate of q3?

36. As shown in Figure (a), a charge q1 = 2.00 µC is located at the origin and a charge q2 =-6.00 µC
is located at (0, 3.00) m. (a)Find the total electric potential due to these charges at the point P, whose
coordinates are (4.00, 0) m. Find the change in potential energy of the system of two charges plus a
third charge q3 =3.00 µC as the third charge(q3) moves from infinity to point P (Fig. b).

37. Two capacitors C1 and C2 (where C1&C2) are charged to the same initial potential difference ΔVi. The
charged capacitors are removed from the battery, and their plates are connected with opposite polarity
as in Figure (a). The switches S1and S2 are then closed as in Figure (b). (A) Find the final potential
difference ΔVf between a and b after the switches are closed.
38. Consider the figure shown Find
(a) the equivalent cpacitance of the capacitors
(b) the charge on each capacitor, and
(c) the potetential difference across each capacitor.

39. Two capacitors give an equivalent capacitance of 9.00 pF when connected in parallel and an equivalent
capacitance of 2.00 pF when connected in series. What is the capacitance of each capacitor?
40. Find the equivalent capacitance between points
a and b in the combination of capacitors shown in
the figure.

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