L1: Electrostatics Phet

1. When an object is neutral, what happen to the number of positive

charges and the number of negative charges?R// For an object to have a neutral charge it has
to have the same negative and positive charges

2. When you charge two objects by rubbing them against each other,
what happens to the total charges of them? That is, if you add up the
charges on both of them, what will you get?R// When you charge two objects together the
charges add to one of the objects thus causing the attraction

3. When you charge two objects by rubbing them against each other, if
one is positively charged, what do we know about the charge on the
other?R// The charge may be negative

4. When an object is positively charged, what do we know about the

number of positive charges and the number of negative charges?
Which one is larger? R// In an object charged with positive charges the negative charges are
few and the positive charges are more

5.Is the object positively or negatively charged when there are less
positive charges than negative charges on it? R// Is negatively charged

6. What happens to two objects when one is positively charged and the
Is the other negatively charged? Do they repel or attract each other? R// Objects attract

7. What happens to two objects when both are negatively charged? Do

do they repel or attract each other? R// Objects repel

8. What happens to two objects when one is charged and the other is
neutral? Do they attract, repel, or do not affect each other? R// They do not affect each other